CVE-2026-39883

Publication date 8 April 2026

Last updated 30 June 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. From 1.15.0 to 1.42.0, the fix for CVE-2026-24051 changed the Darwin ioreg command to use an absolute path but left the BSD kenv command using a bare name, allowing the same PATH hijacking attack on BSD and Solaris platforms. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.43.0.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
golang-opentelemetry-otel	26.04 LTS resolute	Needs evaluation
	25.10 questing	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:

Base score 7.3 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	High
Attack requirements	None
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Vulnerable system - Confidentiality impact	High
Vulnerable system - Integrity impact	High
Vulnerable system - Availability impact	High
Subsequent system - Confidentiality impact	None
Subsequent system - Integrity impact	None
Subsequent system - Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.3 · High
Base + Threat score	-
Base + Environmental score	-
Base + Threat + Environmental score	-

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Base score 8.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2026-39883

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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