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  1. High, CVSS 7.5npmAmendedPublished

    Prometheus exporter process crash via malformed HTTP request

    CVE-2026-44902 · GHSA-q7rr-3cgh-j5r3

    Affected
    • npm @opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus < 0.217.0
    Fixed in
    0.217.0· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    A single malformed HTTP request crashes any Node.js process running the OpenTelemetry JS Prometheus exporter. The metrics endpoint (default 0.0.0.0:9464) has no error handling around URL parsing, so a request with an invalid URI causes an uncaught TypeError that terminates the process. You are affected by this vulnerability if either of the following apply to your application: you directly use @opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus in your code through its built-in server. your OTELMETRICSEXPORTER environment variable includes prometheus AND you use @opentelemetry/sdk-node you use @opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node via --require @opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node/register/--import @opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node/register Impact Denial of service. Any application using the OpenTelemetry Prometheus exporter’s built-in server can be crashed by a single unauthenticated network packet sent to the metrics port. No authentication, special privileges, or prior…

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 0.217.0 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:osv.dev (1)github.com (2)Source checked Evidence →