CVE-2026-24051
Description
A flaw was found in OpenTelemetry-Go. On macOS/Darwin systems, the OpenTelemetry Go SDK is vulnerable to path hijacking, also known as untrusted search paths. A local attacker with the ability to modify the system's PATH environment variable could exploit this by injecting malicious code. This could lead to arbitrary code execution within the context of the application.
Statement
Red Hat Workload Availability Operators FAR (fence-agents-remediation) and SBR (storage-based-remediation) bundle go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk in the vulnerable range (>=1.21.0, <1.40.0) prior to the rhwa-4.22-1 patch release. Fixed by bumping to v1.44.0 in the far-0.8.1 and sbr-0.3.1 streams. This flaw was previously auto-rejected (not found in Red Hat SBOM index at the time); reopened 2026-08-11 based on confirmed engineering source (dependency bump commits: FAR #211, SBR #80).
Mitigation
No customer action required for FAR/SBR as deployed on OpenShift: the vulnerable resource-detection code path only executes on macOS/Darwin hosts via the 'ioreg' command, which is never invoked on Red Hat's Linux container images. Fixed proactively via dependency bump to go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.44.0 in far-0.8.1 and sbr-0.3.1.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
Info alert:Important note
CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).
The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 7 | N/A | 7 |
| Attack Vector | Local | N/A | Local |
| Attack Complexity | High | N/A | High |
| Privileges Required | Low | N/A | Low |
| User Interaction | None | N/A | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | N/A | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High | N/A | High |
| Integrity Impact | High | N/A | High |
| Availability Impact | High | N/A | High |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
cve.org: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat CVSS v3 Score Explanation
Same base vector as upstream (CVEORG). Red Hat's IMPACT rating is set to MODERATE, diverging from the CVSS-implied severity, because the vulnerable code path (sdk/resource/host_id.go calling the macOS-only 'ioreg' binary) is never reached on Red Hat's Linux-based container images (FAR, SBR).
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Integrity,Confidentiality,Availability,Access Control
Technical Impact: Gain Privileges or Assume Identity; Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
There is the potential for arbitrary code execution with privileges of the vulnerable program.
Availability
Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
The program could be redirected to the wrong files, potentially triggering a crash or hang when the targeted file is too large or does not have the expected format.
Confidentiality
Technical Impact: Read Files or Directories
The program could send the output of unauthorized files to the attacker.
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