# RHSA-2026:67974: opentelemetry-collector security update

RHSA-2026:67974, released September 10, 2026, fixes 10 CVEs in opentelemetry-collector (version 0.152.1-2.el10_0). None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2026-67974
- Platform: Linux
- Released: Sep 10, 2026
- Priority: High (Closes CVE-2026-42499, high severity)
- CVEs: 10, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67974

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [opentelemetry-collector](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/opentelemetry-collector.md) | RHEL 10 | 0.152.1-2.el10_0 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2026-42499](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-42499.md) | High | Quadratic string concatenation in consumePhrase in net/mail | 8.8 | 0.0080 |  |
| [CVE-2026-39820](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-39820.md) | High | Quadratic string concatentation in consumeComment in net/mail | 8.8 | 0.0078 |  |
| [CVE-2026-33818](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-33818.md) | High | Enforce maximum recursion depth in encoding/asn1 | 8.8 | 0.0057 |  |
| [CVE-2026-56853](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-56853.md) | High | Apply ReadHeaderTimeout when doing unencrypted HTTP/2 check in net/http | 8.8 | 0.0057 |  |
| [CVE-2026-56859](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-56859.md) | High | Add recursion depth guard during decode in encoding/xml | 8.8 | 0.0057 |  |
| [CVE-2026-56862](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-56862.md) | High | Limit handshake messages we are willing to accept post-handshake in crypto/tls | 8.8 | 0.0057 |  |
| [CVE-2026-42504](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-42504.md) | High | Quadratic complexity in WordDecoder.DecodeHeader in mime | 8.8 | 0.0056 |  |
| [CVE-2026-56860](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-56860.md) | High | Avoid quadratic complexity in resolvePath in net/url | 8.8 | 0.0055 |  |
| [CVE-2026-41178](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-41178.md) | High | opentelemetry-collector: OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry | 8.2 | 0.0034 |  |
| [CVE-2026-56858](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2026-56858.md) | High | Fix Javascript regexp context tracking in html/template | 8.8 | 0.0031 |  |

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Data as of 2026-11-07T12:40:37Z UTC. Source: Patchblox Patch Radar (https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar). Patchblox finds out-of-date software on Windows, macOS and Linux and updates it through release rings: https://patchblox.com/demo