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).
References
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| https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/security/advisories/GHSA-pjv4-3c63-699f | Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/security/advisories/GHSA-pjv4-3c63-699f | Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
01 Jun 2026, 13:47
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Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry Collector Contrib |
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| 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 - 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 - |
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
JSON object : View
Products Affected
opentelemetry
- opentelemetry_collector_contrib
