OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. From version 1.10.0 until 1.33.0, the sdk/trace/span.go attribute truncation path can fail to enforce AttributeValueLengthLimit for string and string-slice attributes containing the valid Unicode replacement character U+FFFD. safeTruncateValidUTF8 treats the valid replacement rune as invalid UTF-8 and returns the original input, while strings.ToValidUTF8 leaves that valid rune unchanged, so a second safeTruncate attempt can also return the oversized value. An attacker who controls span attribute content can retain values longer than the configured limit, increasing per-span memory use and weakening denial-of-service protection in the instrumented process. This issue is fixed in version 1.33.0.

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Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry-go
Vendors & Products Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry-go

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. From version 1.10.0 until 1.33.0, the sdk/trace/span.go attribute truncation path can fail to enforce AttributeValueLengthLimit for string and string-slice attributes containing the valid Unicode replacement character U+FFFD. safeTruncateValidUTF8 treats the valid replacement rune as invalid UTF-8 and returns the original input, while strings.ToValidUTF8 leaves that valid rune unchanged, so a second safeTruncate attempt can also return the oversized value. An attacker who controls span attribute content can retain values longer than the configured limit, increasing per-span memory use and weakening denial-of-service protection in the instrumented process. This issue is fixed in version 1.33.0.
Title OpenTelemetry-Go: UTF-8 replacement rune bypasses attribute length truncation
Weaknesses CWE-176
CWE-400
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-17T14:15:51.501Z

Reserved: 2026-08-27T17:48:42.120Z

Link: CVE-2026-81869

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-17T14:15:17.926Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-16T21:17:22.180

Modified: 2026-09-17T15:16:52.823

Link: CVE-2026-81869

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-17T22:00:16Z

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