{"id":"CVE-2026-48496","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-48496","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:10:16.255Z","title":"Starting in version 0.0.202527 and prior to version 0.0.202622, an unprivileged process can cause the profiler to open a nonregular mapping file, such as a FIFO, and block indefinitely, preventing further ELF analysis and causing a denial of service.","description":"OpenTelemetry eBPF Profiler is a production-scale agent for profiling applications across multiple programming languages. Starting in version 0.0.202527 and prior to version 0.0.202622, an unprivileged process can cause the profiler to open a nonregular mapping file, such as a FIFO, and block indefinitely, preventing further ELF analysis and causing a denial of service. Version 0.0.202622 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.","published":"2026-09-11T22:16:37.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-25T14:24:00.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.2,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-770"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00137,"percentile":0.03082,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler/commit/234b685cab31c2cb2f79e966caeab168bcc489e4","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler/releases/tag/v0.0.202622","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler/security/advisories/GHSA-f2r5-5m7w-p5cx","source":"security-advisories@github.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48496","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}