01 Record
CVE-2026-48496
opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler: Unprivileged process can trigger a denial of service on the ebpf-profiler agent
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score6.2 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
02 Description
opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler: Unprivileged process can trigger a denial of service on the ebpf-profiler agent
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 2.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-25.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-09-11 21:16Z1 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-14 19:55Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-05-21
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.2)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 2e4f6ebcd875ebd661dcead823c1f2af6b4727e804098ca28e7d065ef342929a
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler/security/advisories/GHSA-f2r5-5m7w-p5cx
- github.comhttps://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler/commit/234b685cab31c2cb2f79e966caeab168bcc489e4
- github.comhttps://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler/releases/tag/v0.0.202622