CVE-2026-59892
OpenTelemetry JavaScript: Denial of service in `JaegerPropagator` via unhandled exception on a malformed header
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
OpenTelemetry JavaScript is the OpenTelemetry JavaScript client. Prior to 2.9.0, @opentelemetry/propagator-jaeger decodes incoming uber-trace-id and uberctx-* HTTP header values with decodeURIComponent() without handling decode errors, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to send a malformed percent-encoded value that throws an uncaught URIError and terminates a Node.js process using JaegerPropagator as the active propagator. This issue is fixed in version 2.9.0.
| CWE | CWE-248 |
| Vendor | open-telemetry |
| Product | opentelemetry-js |
| Published | Jul 8, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Jul 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Affected Versions
open-telemetry / opentelemetry-js
< 2.9.0