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CVE-2026-81192 (GCVE-0-2026-81192)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-08 20:18 – Updated: 2026-09-09 15:43
VLAI
Title
OpenTelemetry.Resources.Host vulnerable to arbitrary code execution via local PATH hijacking on macOS
Summary
`OpenTelemetry.Resources.Host` NuGet package, which provides OpenTelemetry resource detectors for host, is affected by an untrusted search path vulnerability on macOS. Prior to version 1.16.0-beta.2, the `host.id` resource attribute detector launches the `sh` and `ioreg` executables by bare name rather than by absolute path, so both are resolved through the `PATH` environment variable. A local attacker who is less privileged than the host application, and who can influence `PATH` or write to a directory that appears in `PATH` ahead of the system directories, can have an arbitrary binary executed in the application's security context, resulting in local code execution/privilege escalation. This vulnerability only affect macOS hosts - Linux and Windows hosts are unaffected. Version 1.16.0-beta.2 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.
Severity
7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-09 15:42 UTC
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
open-telemetry opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib Affected: < 1.16.0-beta.2
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