Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-41433 · published 24 April 2026
CVE-2026-41433: Opentelemetry ebpf instrumentation path traversal vulnerability
Opentelemetry · Opentelemetry Ebpf Instrumentation
OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation provides eBPF instrumentation based on the OpenTelemetry standard. From 0.4.0 to before 0.8.0, a flaw in the Java agent injection path allows a local attacker controlling a Java workload to overwrite arbitrary host files when Java injection is enabled and OBI is running with elevated privileges. The injector trusted TMPDIR from the target process and used unsafe file creation semantics, enabling both filesystem boundary escape and symlink-based file clobbering. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.0.
Description
OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation provides eBPF instrumentation based on the OpenTelemetry standard. From 0.4.0 to before 0.8.0, a flaw in the Java agent injection path allows a local attacker controlling a Java workload to overwrite arbitrary host files when Java injection is enabled and OBI is running with elevated privileges. The injector trusted TMPDIR from the target process and used unsafe file creation semantics, enabling both filesystem boundary escape and symlink-based file clobbering. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.0.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation/releases/tag/v0.8.0 | Release Notes |
| https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation/security/advisories/GHSA-8gmg-3w2q-65f4 | ExploitThird Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation/security/advisories/GHSA-8gmg-3w2q-65f4 | ExploitThird Party Advisory |
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-41433), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.