Red Hat Security Advisory: RHTAS 1.3.8 - Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer Release
The RHTAS Operator can be used with OpenShift Container Platform 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20 and 4.21
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability CVE-2026-41178 exists in OpenTelemetry-Go versions 1.41.0 and 1.43.0, where the Parse function does not reject raw-length inputs in baggage headers. This allows a remote attacker to send oversized or invalid baggage headers, causing excessive processing and error logging that can lead to denial of service through resource exhaustion. Red Hat's Trusted Artifact Signer (RHTAS) and related products that incorporate these OpenTelemetry-Go versions are affected. The issue is classified under CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling). Red Hat has published an advisory confirming the vulnerability and has made a patch available.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability enables a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by exhausting system resources such as CPU and memory through oversized or invalid baggage headers. This can disrupt availability of Red Hat products that use the affected OpenTelemetry-Go versions. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity reported. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A patch is available from Red Hat to address this vulnerability. Users of affected Red Hat products should apply the official fix as provided in Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:70829. Red Hat manages remediation for these products and provides updated versions of the affected components. No additional mitigations are specified by the vendor advisory.
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHTAS 1.3.8 - Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer Release
Description
The RHTAS Operator can be used with OpenShift Container Platform 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20 and 4.21
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AI-Powered Analysis
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Technical Analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2026-41178 exists in OpenTelemetry-Go versions 1.41.0 and 1.43.0, where the Parse function does not reject raw-length inputs in baggage headers. This allows a remote attacker to send oversized or invalid baggage headers, causing excessive processing and error logging that can lead to denial of service through resource exhaustion. Red Hat's Trusted Artifact Signer (RHTAS) and related products that incorporate these OpenTelemetry-Go versions are affected. The issue is classified under CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling). Red Hat has published an advisory confirming the vulnerability and has made a patch available.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability enables a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by exhausting system resources such as CPU and memory through oversized or invalid baggage headers. This can disrupt availability of Red Hat products that use the affected OpenTelemetry-Go versions. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity reported. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A patch is available from Red Hat to address this vulnerability. Users of affected Red Hat products should apply the official fix as provided in Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:70829. Red Hat manages remediation for these products and provides updated versions of the affected components. No additional mitigations are specified by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- CLEANSTART-2026-OO79904
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.7.3
- Ecosystems
- ["Alpine"]
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a7f4430bf8831d53963beb6
Added to database: 08/14/2026, 16:37:04 UTC
Last enriched: 09/25/2026, 04:50:15 UTC
Last updated: 09/27/2026, 01:47:42 UTC
Views: 45
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