{"id":"CVE-2026-48496","summary":"opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler: Unprivileged process can trigger a denial of service on the ebpf-profiler agent","details":"OpenTelemetry eBPF Profiler is a production-scale agent for profiling applications across multiple programming languages. Starting in version 0.0.202527 and prior to version 0.0.202622, an unprivileged process can cause the profiler to open a nonregular mapping file, such as a FIFO, and block indefinitely, preventing further ELF analysis and causing a denial of service. Version 0.0.202622 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.","aliases":["GHSA-f2r5-5m7w-p5cx","GO-2026-5343"],"modified":"2026-09-18T18:26:37.887677045Z","published":"2026-09-11T21:16:42.934Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2026:11803-1","openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"GitHub_M","cwe_ids":["CWE-770"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/48xxx/CVE-2026-48496.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler/releases/tag/v0.0.202622"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/48xxx/CVE-2026-48496.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler/security/advisories/GHSA-f2r5-5m7w-p5cx"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48496"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler/commit/234b685cab31c2cb2f79e966caeab168bcc489e4"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler","events":[{"introduced":"7785e1bd63ba598cd6a60f7fcff71b7c4d260be7"},{"fixed":"234b685cab31c2cb2f79e966caeab168bcc489e4"},{"fixed":"6c1e630a2efc6b632ff27ffd9ebd12ea67a01fe9"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0.0.202527"},{"fixed":"0.0.202622"}],"source":["AFFECTED_FIELD","REFERENCES"]}}],"versions":["v0.0.202618","v0.0.202614","v0.0.202613","v0.0.202610","v0.0.202606","v0.0.202601","v0.0.202549","v0.0.202547","v0.0.202545","v0.0.202540","v0.0.202539","v0.0.202536","v0.0.202531","v0.0.202529","v0.0.202527"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-48496.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}