# CVE-2026-45685: OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation: MongoDB parser panics on malformed wire messages

- Also known as: GO-2026-5456, GHSA-J8P6-96VP-F3R9
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.9.0
- Published: 2026-06-02 · Updated: 2026-06-02

## Affected

- open-telemetry opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation: from 0.1.0, fixed in 0.9.0
- go.opentelemetry.io/obi (Go): fixed in 0.9.0

## Description

OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation provides eBPF instrumentation based on the OpenTelemetry standard. From version 0.1.0 to before version 0.9.0, malformed MongoDB wire messages can trigger uncaught panics in the MongoDB TCP parser, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to crash the telemetry agent and cause a denial of service. The parser operates on raw attacker-controlled network payloads before the input is fully validated, so a single crafted message can terminate telemetry collection for the affected process or node. This issue has been patched in version 0.9.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on open-telemetry opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation, go.opentelemetry.io/obi, upgrade to a fixed version (0.9.0) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation/security/advisories/GHSA-j8p6-96vp-f3r9
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation/releases/tag/v0.9.0

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