CVE-2026-81872 (GCVE-0-2026-81872)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-16 20:42 – Updated: 2026-09-17 13:36
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
OpenTelemetry-Go: BatchProcessor can busy-spin when export buffer is full
Summary
OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. Prior to version 0.21.0, the go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log BatchingProcessor can enter a tight CPU loop when attacker-driven log emission fills its asynchronous export buffer while the exporter is backpressured. NewBatchingProcessor wraps the exporter with newBufferExporter(exporter, 1), and the poll loop calls queue.TryDequeue and bufferExporter.EnqueueExport before immediately signaling pollTrigger whenever the queue remains at or above batchSize. Because a failed nonblocking EnqueueExport leaves the queue length unchanged, the processor repeatedly retries without waiting for its ticker, exhausting CPU and degrading or denying service in the embedding process. This issue is fixed in version 0.21.0.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-17 13:36 UTC
Assigner
References
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| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-g… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-g… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-g… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-g… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-g… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| open-telemetry | opentelemetry-go |
Affected:
< 0.21.0
|
guessed |
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