CVE-2026-128080open-telemetry opentelemetry-js sensitive data in logs
CVE-2026-128080 is a sensitive data in logs in open-telemetry opentelemetry-js, rated medium (5.8 on CVSS 3.1).
Why this priority: Medium severity, with no exploitation signal.
Published · Updated · NVD status: Received
What it is
Secrets or personal data are written to log files. The software reveals data to someone who should not see it.
How it is reached
An attacker can exploit it over the network, without an account, and nobody has to click anything.
What an attacker gains
The direct impact is limited: partial access to data or a partial outage. In practice, this kind of flaw lets an attacker learn data or internals that help a follow-up attack. The damage can spread past the vulnerable component into others.
Is it being exploited?
There is no public report of exploitation yet.
What to do
- Upgrade open-telemetry opentelemetry-js to 0.222.0 or later.
- Until it is patched, keep it off the internet or behind a VPN, allowlist or authenticating proxy.
Description from NVD
OpenTelemetry JavaScript is the OpenTelemetry JavaScript client. From 0.204.0 until 0.222.0, @opentelemetry/instrumentation-http writes the raw query string from incoming HTTP requests to the url.query server-span attribute without applying the redactedQueryParams protection used for outgoing spans. Services receiving signed URLs or other credentials in query parameters can therefore export still-valid secrets to tracing backends, where observability infrastructure and users with span-read access may read them. The redactedQueryParams option does not protect incoming spans in affected versions. This issue is fixed in version 0.222.0.
What this means for your architecture.
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Components it touches
- Error responses, logs and debug endpoints. The flaw sits between internal data and whoever can read the response or log.
- APIs that over-share. The flaw sits between internal data and whoever can read the response or log.
Trust boundaries in play
- Internet-facing entry points. No account is needed. Any instance reachable from outside your perimeter, through a load balancer, gateway, VPN or exposed admin port, is in scope.
- Isolation between components. The impact crosses out of the vulnerable component into others it should be isolated from.
- Between internal data and whoever can read the response or log. An attacker who crosses it can learn data or internals that help a follow-up attack.
Questions to answer about your own systems
- Where does open-telemetry opentelemetry-js run in your systems, and at which version?
- Which of those instances can be reached from the internet or partner networks?
- What can it reach once compromised: which data stores, secrets and services?
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Sources
- CVE records and CVSS scores from the NVD CVE API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Exploitation status from CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
- Exploit likelihood from FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), refreshed daily.
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