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OpenTelemetry-Go: Log gRPC exporter ignores env TLS certs, bypassing mTLS/pinning

CVSS 4.0 6.3 MEDIUMCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

Historical advisory recorded 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC. Read the latest advisory.

cve-program · CVE-2026-81871

Published

OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. Prior to version 0.21.0, the exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploggrpc package loads OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_CERTIFICATE, OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE, and related client certificate environment variables through loadEnvTLS into cfg.tlsCfg, but newGRPCDialOptions does not apply cfg.tlsCfg when creating gRPC transport credentials. The environment-only TLS path instead uses credentials.NewTLS with system roots and no configured client certificate, bypassing intended private CA pinning and mutual TLS unless the application also supplies WithTLSCredentials. A network attacker able to intercept or spoof the collector connection with a system-trusted certificate can read or alter log telemetry. This issue is fixed in version 0.21.0.

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cve-program · CVE-2026-81871

Published

opentelemetry-go

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{
                    "vendor": "open-telemetry",
                    "product": "opentelemetry-go",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "< 0.21.0",
                            "status": "affected"
                        }
                    ]
                }

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