🛡️ CVE-2026-24051 on Go (Root.io) — sdk

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-24051 as tracked by Go (Root.io), for the package sdk. The fix is available in version v1.28.0-aikido.3; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

ROOT-APP-GOBINARY-CVE-2026-24051 is classified as CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path. The product resolves a library or executable using a search path an attacker can influence.

Affected software

ROOT-APP-GOBINARY-CVE-2026-24051 is recorded against 2 packages.

• go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk (fixed in v1.28.0-aikido.3)
• rootio-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk (fixed in v1.28.0-root.io.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 18 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Other advisories for this package

go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• ROOT-APP-GOBINARY-CVE-2026-39883 (8.0 High, published 18 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-39883 (8.0 High, published 8 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-24051 (8.0 High, published 2 Feb 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path) in other software:

• CVE-2026-41447 (7.8 High, published 3 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-47211 (8.0 High, published 3 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-18605 (7.0 High, published 3 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-48395 (8.6 High, published 28 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-48391 (8.2 High, published 28 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-11400 (8.0 High, published 17 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-63093 (8.8 High, published 17 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2025-40945 (6.7 Medium, published 14 Jul 2026)

CVE-2026-24051 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

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