CVE-2026-42602

azureauthextension is the Azure Authenticator Extension. From 0.124.0 to 0.150.0, a server-side authentication bypass in azureauthextension allows any party who holds a single valid Azure access token for any scope the collector's configured identity can mint for to authenticate to any OpenTelemetry receiver that uses auth: azure_auth. The extension's Authenticate method does not validate incoming bearer tokens as JWTs. Instead, it calls its own configured credential to obtain an access token and compares the client's token to the result with string equality — and the scope for that server-side token request is taken from the client-supplied Host header. As a result, a token minted for any Azure resource the service principal has ever been issued a token for (ARM, Graph, Key Vault, Storage, etc.) will authenticate to the collector if the attacker picks a matching Host. Tokens are replayable for the full issued lifetime (commonly several hours for managed identity tokens).
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:opentelemetry:opentelemetry_collector_contrib:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

History

01 Jun 2026, 13:47

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First Time Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry Collector Contrib
CPE cpe:2.3:a:opentelemetry:opentelemetry_collector_contrib:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
References () https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/security/advisories/GHSA-pjv4-3c63-699f - () https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/security/advisories/GHSA-pjv4-3c63-699f - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory

14 May 2026, 13:16

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References () https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/security/advisories/GHSA-pjv4-3c63-699f - () https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/security/advisories/GHSA-pjv4-3c63-699f -

13 May 2026, 21:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-13 21:16

Updated : 2026-06-01 13:47


NVD link : CVE-2026-42602

Mitre link : CVE-2026-42602

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-42602


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Products Affected

opentelemetry

  • opentelemetry_collector_contrib
CWE
CWE-208

Observable Timing Discrepancy

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

CWE-290

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

CWE-294

Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay

CWE-347

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature