CVE-2025-27513

High

Description

OpenTelemetry dotnet is a dotnet telemetry framework. A vulnerability in OpenTelemetry.Api package 1.10.0 to 1.11.1 could cause a Denial of Service (DoS) when a tracestate and traceparent header is received. Even if an application does not explicitly use trace context propagation, receiving these headers can still trigger high CPU usage. This issue impacts any application accessible over the web or backend services that process HTTP requests containing a tracestate header. Application may experience excessive resource consumption, leading to increased latency, degraded performance, or downtime. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.11.2.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductOpentelemetry.api
PublishedMar 5, 2025
First seenMar 5, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • OpenTelemetry.Api1.11.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
OpenTelemetry.ApiNuGet1.11.0 ≤ v < 1.11.2, No range specified1.11.2

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