Description
OpenTelemetry JavaScript is the OpenTelemetry JavaScript client. Prior to 2.9.0, @opentelemetry/propagator-jaeger decodes incoming uber-trace-id and uberctx-* HTTP header values with decodeURIComponent() without handling decode errors, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to send a malformed percent-encoded value that throws an uncaught URIError and terminates a Node.js process using JaegerPropagator as the active propagator. This issue is fixed in version 2.9.0.
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Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:45:00 +0000
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| Description | OpenTelemetry JavaScript is the OpenTelemetry JavaScript client. Prior to 2.9.0, @opentelemetry/propagator-jaeger decodes incoming uber-trace-id and uberctx-* HTTP header values with decodeURIComponent() without handling decode errors, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to send a malformed percent-encoded value that throws an uncaught URIError and terminates a Node.js process using JaegerPropagator as the active propagator. This issue is fixed in version 2.9.0. | |
| Title | OpenTelemetry JavaScript: Denial of service in `JaegerPropagator` via unhandled exception on a malformed header | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-248 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-08T16:03:58.439Z
Reserved: 2026-07-07T16:40:07.983Z
Link: CVE-2026-59892
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-07-08T17:30:03Z
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