CVE-2026-81192

OpenTelemetry.Resources.Host vulnerable to arbitrary code execution via local PATH hijacking on macOS

State
Published
Severity
7.0 High
Published
Sep 8, 2026
Updated
Sep 9, 2026
Reserved
Aug 26, 2026

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Description

`OpenTelemetry.Resources.Host` NuGet package, which provides OpenTelemetry resource detectors for host, is affected by an untrusted search path vulnerability on macOS. Prior to version 1.16.0-beta.2, the `host.id` resource attribute detector launches the `sh` and `ioreg` executables by bare name rather than by absolute path, so both are resolved through the `PATH` environment variable. A local attacker who is less privileged than the host application, and who can influence `PATH` or write to a directory that appears in `PATH` ahead of the system directories, can have an arbitrary binary executed in the application's security context, resulting in local code execution/privilege escalation. This vulnerability only affect macOS hosts - Linux and Windows hosts are unaffected. Version 1.16.0-beta.2 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HGitHub_M

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
opentelemetry-dotnet-contribopen-telemetry
  • < 1.16.0-beta.2Affected

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