golang-opentelemetry-contrib — security advisory

{
  "id": "0ac801d7b16058a98bf7a77e31da1da7fe28dffb820702c745e5590fdf630f85",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25151",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25151",
    "summary": "opentelemetry-go-contrib is a collection of extensions for OpenTelemetry-Go. The v0.38.0 release of `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp` uses the `httpconv.ServerRequest` function to annotate metric measurements for the `http.server.request_content_length`, `http.server.response_content_length`, and `http.server.duration` instruments. The `ServerRequest` function sets the `http.target` attribute value to be the whole request URI (including the query string)[^1]. The metric instruments do not \"forget\" previous measurement attributes when `cumulative` temporality is used, this means the cardinality of the measurements allocated is directly correlated with the unique URIs handled. If the query string is constantly random, this will result in a constant increase in memory allocation that can be used in a denial-of-service attack. This issue has been addressed in version 0.39.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.",
    "evidence": "osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25151",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "golang-opentelemetry-contrib",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.56.0-5",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "golang-opentelemetry-contrib",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.56.0-5",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "1.43.0-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "golang-opentelemetry-contrib",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
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        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.56.0-5",
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          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25151",
      "aliases": [
        "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25151"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        },
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        },
        {
          "type": "Ubuntu",
          "score": "medium"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "golang-opentelemetry-contrib",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-opentelemetry-contrib?arch=source&distro=questing",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "0.56.0-5"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25151.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
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              {
                "binary_name": "golang-opentelemetry-contrib-dev",
                "binary_version": "0.56.0-5"
              }
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          }
        },
        {
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          "package": {
            "name": "golang-opentelemetry-contrib",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-opentelemetry-contrib?arch=source&distro=stonking",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "0.56.0-5",
            "1.43.0-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25151.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
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              {
                "binary_name": "golang-opentelemetry-contrib-dev",
                "binary_version": "1.43.0-1"
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          }
        },
        {
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "golang-opentelemetry-contrib",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-opentelemetry-contrib?arch=source&distro=resolute",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS"
          },
          "versions": [
            "0.56.0-5"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25151.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "golang-opentelemetry-contrib-dev",
                "binary_version": "0.56.0-5"
              }
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        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-17T12:56:05.269212776Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2023-25151"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-25151",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25151"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-25151",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 354793,
  "published_at": "2023-02-08T20:15:00+00:00"
}