CVE 6.5 MEDIUM

OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Instana bypasses TLS certificate validation when a proxy is configured_CVE-2026-44213

6.5 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

The OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Instana exports telemetry to Instana backend. Prior to 1.1.0, the OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Instana NuGet package does not validate HTTPS/TLS certificates are valid when sending telemetry to a configured Instana back-end when a proxy is configured using the INSTANA_ENDPOINT_PROXY environment variable. If a network attacker can Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) the proxy connection, all OpenTelemetry telemetry data and the Instana API key are exposed to the attacker. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.1.0.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-44213
Source GitHub_M
Published May 26, 2026 at 21:34

Affected Product

Vendor open-telemetry
Product opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib
Version < 1.1.0
Affected Versions open-telemetry opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib < 1.1.0

CWE Classification

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