Issued at: 2026-09-09
Updated at: 2026-09-10
Advisory content derived from Red Hat RHSA-2026:65116, © Red Hat, Inc., used under CC BY 4.0, with modifications.
Synopsis
Important: opentelemetry-collector security update
Description
Collector with the supported components for a Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation build of OpenTelemetry
Security Fix(es):
* net/mail: golang: net/mail: Denial of Service via pathological email address parsing (CVE-2026-42499)
* net/mail: golang: Go net/mail: Denial of Service via crafted email inputs (CVE-2026-39820)
* mime: golang: Golang MIME: Denial of Service via maliciously-crafted MIME header (CVE-2026-42504)
* github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/baggage: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation: OpenTelemetry-Go: Denial of Service via oversized baggage headers (CVE-2026-41178)
* encoding/asn1: golang: Go encoding/asn1: Denial of Service via excessive recursion in Unmarshal (CVE-2026-33818)
* net/url: golang: golang net/url: Denial of Service from quadratic complexity in path resolution (CVE-2026-56860)
* net/http: golang: Go net/http: Unencrypted HTTP/2 connections vulnerable to Denial of Service (CVE-2026-56853)
* html/template: golang: Go html/template: Cross-Site Scripting via pathological input (CVE-2026-56858)
* crypto/tls: golang: Golang crypto/tls: Denial of Service via indefinite KeyUpdate messages (CVE-2026-56862)
* encoding/xml: golang: Go: Denial of Service via XML decoding recursion depth issue (CVE-2026-56859)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.