Описание
OpenTelemetry-Go Contrib is a collection of third-party packages for OpenTelemetry-Go. A handler wrapper out of the box adds labels http.user_agent and http.method that have unbound cardinality. It leads to the server's potential memory exhaustion when many malicious requests are sent to it. HTTP header User-Agent or HTTP method for requests can be easily set by an attacker to be random and long. The library internally uses httpconv.ServerRequest that records every value for HTTP method and User-Agent. In order to be affected, a program has to use the otelhttp.NewHandler wrapper and not filter any unknown HTTP methods or User agents on the level of CDN, LB, previous middleware, etc. Version 0.44.0 fixed this issue when the values collected for attribute http.request.method were changed to be restricted to a set of well-known values and other high cardinality attributes were removed. As a workaround to stop being affected, otelhttp.WithFilter() can be used, but it requires manual careful configuration to not log certain requests entirely. For convenience and safe usage of this library, it should by default mark with the label unknown non-standard HTTP methods and User agents to show that such requests were made but do not increase cardinality. In case someone wants to stay with the current behavior, library API should allow to enable it.
A memory leak was found in the otelhttp handler of open-telemetry. This flaw allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to exhaust the server's memory by sending many malicious requests, affecting the availability.
Отчет
While no authentication is required, there are a significant number of non-default factors which prevent widespread exploitation of this flaw. For a service to be affected, all of the following must be true:
- The go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp package must be in use
- Configured a metrics pipeline which uses the otelhttp.NewHandler wrapper function
- No filtering of unknown HTTP methods or user agents at a higher level (such as Content Delivery Network/Load Balancer/etc...) Due to the limited attack surface, Red Hat Product Security rates the impact as Moderate.
Меры по смягчению последствий
As a workaround to stop being affected otelhttp.WithFilter() can be used. For convenience and safe usage of this library, it should by default mark with the label unknown non-standard HTTP methods and User agents to show that such requests were made but do not increase cardinality. In case someone wants to stay with the current behavior, library API should allow to enable it. The other possibility is to disable HTTP metrics instrumentation by passing otelhttp.WithMeterProvider option with noop.NewMeterProvider.
Затронутые пакеты
| Платформа | Пакет | Состояние | Рекомендация | Релиз |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift | cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-rhel9 | Not affected | ||
| cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift | cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-acmesolver-rhel9 | Affected | ||
| cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift | cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9 | Not affected | ||
| Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift | openshift-logging/logging-loki-rhel8 | Not affected | ||
| Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift | openshift-logging/lokistack-gateway-rhel9 | Not affected | ||
| Logical Volume Manager Storage | lvms4/lvms-must-gather-rhel9 | Will not fix | ||
| Logical Volume Manager Storage | lvms4/lvms-rhel9-operator | Affected | ||
| Logical Volume Manager Storage | lvms4/topolvm-rhel9 | Not affected | ||
| OpenShift API for Data Protection | oadp/oadp-kubevirt-velero-plugin-rhel9 | Will not fix | ||
| OpenShift API for Data Protection | oadp/oadp-velero-plugin-for-aws-rhel9 | Will not fix |
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Дополнительная информация
Статус:
EPSS
7.5 High
CVSS3
Связанные уязвимости
OpenTelemetry-Go Contrib is a collection of third-party packages for OpenTelemetry-Go. A handler wrapper out of the box adds labels `http.user_agent` and `http.method` that have unbound cardinality. It leads to the server's potential memory exhaustion when many malicious requests are sent to it. HTTP header User-Agent or HTTP method for requests can be easily set by an attacker to be random and long. The library internally uses `httpconv.ServerRequest` that records every value for HTTP `method` and `User-Agent`. In order to be affected, a program has to use the `otelhttp.NewHandler` wrapper and not filter any unknown HTTP methods or User agents on the level of CDN, LB, previous middleware, etc. Version 0.44.0 fixed this issue when the values collected for attribute `http.request.method` were changed to be restricted to a set of well-known values and other high cardinality attributes were removed. As a workaround to stop being affected, `otelhttp.WithFilter()` can be used, but it req...
OpenTelemetry-Go Contrib is a collection of third-party packages for OpenTelemetry-Go. A handler wrapper out of the box adds labels `http.user_agent` and `http.method` that have unbound cardinality. It leads to the server's potential memory exhaustion when many malicious requests are sent to it. HTTP header User-Agent or HTTP method for requests can be easily set by an attacker to be random and long. The library internally uses `httpconv.ServerRequest` that records every value for HTTP `method` and `User-Agent`. In order to be affected, a program has to use the `otelhttp.NewHandler` wrapper and not filter any unknown HTTP methods or User agents on the level of CDN, LB, previous middleware, etc. Version 0.44.0 fixed this issue when the values collected for attribute `http.request.method` were changed to be restricted to a set of well-known values and other high cardinality attributes were removed. As a workaround to stop being affected, `otelhttp.WithFilter()` can be used, but it requir
OpenTelemetry-Go Contrib vulnerable to denial of service in otelhttp due to unbound cardinality metrics
Уязвимость набора дополнительных инструментов и библиотек для языка Go, предназначенных для интеграции с OpenTelemetry, OpenTelemetry-Go Contrib, связанная с неограниченным распределением ресурсов, позволяющая нарушителю вызвать отказ в обслуживании
EPSS
7.5 High
CVSS3