OpenTelemetry eBPF Profiler up to 0.0.202621 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in OpenTelemetry eBPF Profiler up to 0.0.202621. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-48496. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenTelemetry eBPF Profiler up to 0.0.202621 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-48496 since 05/21/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 0.0.202622 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 6.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: eBPF Profiler 0.0.202622

Timelineinfo

05/21/2026 CVE reserved
09/11/2026 +113 days Advisory disclosed
09/11/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/11/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-48496 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-48496
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-402692

Entryinfo

Created: 09/11/2026 23:43
Changes: 09/11/2026 23:43 (63)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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