6.2

CVE-2026-48496: open-telemetry opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler

CVSS: 6.2v3.1MediumAwaiting analysis
AliasesGHSA-f2r5-5m7w-p5cxGO-2026-5343CGA-22jc-cvpp-cjfm
Published 11-09-2026Last modified 14-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-48496 is a medium (CVSS 6.2) vulnerability in open-telemetry opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.2/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.14%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 6
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11803-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22032-1SUSE-SU-2026:24148-1SUSE-SU-2026:4408-1CGA-5X9P-96M4-669M

Timeline

  1. 11-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

3%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.14% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.14%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard10 products
  • elastic-agent-8.19< 8.19.17-r1
  • elastic-agent-9.1All versions (No fix recorded)
  • elastic-agent-9.2All versions (No fix recorded)
  • elastic-agent-fips-8.19< 8.19.18-r1 | < 8.19.18-r0 | < 8.19.17-r0
  • elastic-agent-fips-9.1All versions (No fix recorded)
Go.opentelemetry.io1 product
  • ebpf-profiler≥ 0.0.202527, < 0.0.202622
Open-telemetry1 product

3 vendors · 12 products

References

4 links