Description
OpenTelemetry, also known as OTel, is a vendor-neutral open source Observability framework for instrumenting, generating, collecting, and exporting telemetry data such as traces, metrics, and logs. Prior to 0.154.0, the Sentry exporter reads the remote OTLP sender-controlled service.name resource attribute in exporter/sentryexporter/sentry_exporter.go through extractProjectSlug and getOrCreateProjectEndpoint, passes the raw project slug to GetOTLPEndpoints and GetProjectKeys in exporter/sentryexporter/sentry_client.go, and interpolates it into a Sentry API URL without applying projectSlugRegexp through validateRoutingConfig at runtime in exporter/sentryexporter/config.go. Special characters can turn the expected path suffix into query data in all deployments or introduce slash and dot segments that traverse paths when the Sentry deployment normalizes them, while the Collector attaches its operator-configured bearer token to the request. A successful request can reach token-authorized administrative, organization, member, or key endpoints within the configured Sentry organization, and an attacker-controlled project slug can redirect subsequently exported telemetry. Sentry token middleware prevents cross-organization access. This issue is fixed in version 0.154.0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| open-telemetry | opentelemetry-collector-contrib | < 0.154.0 | — |
| open-telemetry | github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/sentryexporter | < 0.154.0 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | golang-opentelemetry-contrib | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | golang-opentelemetry-contrib | No fix yet | — |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | opentelemetry-collector-contrib | 0.160.0-0.1.hum1 | RHSA-2026:63152 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/sentryexporter | < 0.154.0 | 0.154.0 | GHSA-4jvg-4jfx-fmhc |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2026:63152 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Sep 22, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 31, 2026
References
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/security/advisories/GHSA-4jvg-4jfx-fmhc
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/commit/3113638f216143f523b57f447728464337ae4903
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/releases/tag/v0.154.0