Red Hat Security Advisory: opentelemetry-collector security update
Collector with the supported components for a Red Hat build of OpenTelemetry Security Fix(es): * go-jose: Go JOSE's Parsing Vulnerable to Denial of Service (CVE-2025-27144) * golang.org/x/oauth2/jws: Unexpected memory consumption during token parsing in golang.org/x/oauth2/jws (CVE-2025-22868) * github.com/expr-lang/expr: Memory Exhaustion in Expr Parser with Unrestricted Input (CVE-2025-29786) * golang-jwt/jwt: jwt-go allows excessive memory allocation during header parsing (CVE-2025-30204) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers security fixes for the Red Hat build of the OpenTelemetry Collector, specifically addressing four vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-27144 (Go JOSE parsing vulnerable to denial of service), CVE-2025-22868 (unexpected memory consumption during token parsing in golang.org/x/oauth2/jws), CVE-2025-29786 (memory exhaustion in the Expr parser with unrestricted input), and CVE-2025-30204 (excessive memory allocation during JWT header parsing). These vulnerabilities involve excessive memory allocation or consumption during parsing operations, potentially leading to denial of service. The affected product is opentelemetry-collector version 0.107.0-9.el10_0 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Red Hat has released updated packages to fix these issues as detailed in advisory RHSA-2025:7479.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities can cause denial of service conditions by exhausting system memory during parsing of tokens or expressions in affected components. This could disrupt the operation of the OpenTelemetry Collector, impacting telemetry data collection and processing. No known exploits in the wild have been reported. The overall security impact is rated as Important by Red Hat.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages for opentelemetry-collector in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update RHSA-2025:7479 promptly to remediate the issues. For detailed instructions on applying the update, refer to Red Hat's official guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Red Hat Security Advisory: opentelemetry-collector security update
Description
Collector with the supported components for a Red Hat build of OpenTelemetry Security Fix(es): * go-jose: Go JOSE's Parsing Vulnerable to Denial of Service (CVE-2025-27144) * golang.org/x/oauth2/jws: Unexpected memory consumption during token parsing in golang.org/x/oauth2/jws (CVE-2025-22868) * github.com/expr-lang/expr: Memory Exhaustion in Expr Parser with Unrestricted Input (CVE-2025-29786) * golang-jwt/jwt: jwt-go allows excessive memory allocation during header parsing (CVE-2025-30204) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This advisory covers security fixes for the Red Hat build of the OpenTelemetry Collector, specifically addressing four vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-27144 (Go JOSE parsing vulnerable to denial of service), CVE-2025-22868 (unexpected memory consumption during token parsing in golang.org/x/oauth2/jws), CVE-2025-29786 (memory exhaustion in the Expr parser with unrestricted input), and CVE-2025-30204 (excessive memory allocation during JWT header parsing). These vulnerabilities involve excessive memory allocation or consumption during parsing operations, potentially leading to denial of service. The affected product is opentelemetry-collector version 0.107.0-9.el10_0 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Red Hat has released updated packages to fix these issues as detailed in advisory RHSA-2025:7479.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities can cause denial of service conditions by exhausting system memory during parsing of tokens or expressions in affected components. This could disrupt the operation of the OpenTelemetry Collector, impacting telemetry data collection and processing. No known exploits in the wild have been reported. The overall security impact is rated as Important by Red Hat.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages for opentelemetry-collector in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update RHSA-2025:7479 promptly to remediate the issues. For detailed instructions on applying the update, refer to Red Hat's official guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:7479
- Cve Count
- 4
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-27144","CVE-2025-29786","CVE-2025-30204"]
Threat ID: 6a160978e29bf47b50645099
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 20:58:32 UTC
Last enriched: 08/14/2026, 22:02:33 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:24:55 UTC
Views: 102
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