# CVE-2026-45404: OpenTelemetry-Go: Unsynchronized baggage map can panic under concurrent access

- Also known as: GHSA-42CJ-99W8-CP2P, GO-2026-6258
- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.45.0
- Published: 2026-08-24 · Updated: 2026-08-27

## Affected

- open-telemetry opentelemetry-go: from 0.11.0, fixed in 1.45.0
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opentracing (Go): from 0.11.0, fixed in 1.45.0

## Description

OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. From version 0.11.0 through 1.44.0, the OpenTracing bridge's bridgeSpan contains an unsynchronized extraBaggageItems map which can cause a panic. Because Go maps are not safe for concurrent read/write access, concurrent SetBaggageItem and correlation.MapFromContext calls on the same hooked bridgeSpan can trigger a fatal runtime error—such as concurrent map read and map write or concurrent map iteration and map write—terminating the process and causing denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 1.45.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on open-telemetry opentelemetry-go, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opentracing, upgrade to a fixed version (1.45.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/security/advisories/GHSA-42cj-99w8-cp2p
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/pull/8693
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/commit/93a693edeed0e07ce5ebd1dfe67af42d1e2055d8
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/releases/tag/v1.45.0

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