Is @opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus affected by CVE-2026-44902?

npm @opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus is affected in <0.217.0.

Is CVE-2026-44902 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.5%.

high

CVE-2026-44902

Q: Is CVE-2026-44902 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.5%.

npm · @opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus • npm · @opentelemetry/sdk-node • npm · @opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node

Summary

Prometheus exporter process crash via malformed HTTP request

Severity: high
EPSS: 0.5% (p36)
Also known as: GHSA-q7rr-3cgh-j5r3#@opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node, GHSA-q7rr-3cgh-j5r3#@opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus, GHSA-q7rr-3cgh-j5r3#@opentelemetry/sdk-node
Published: 2026-05-11

References

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/security/advisories/GHSA-q7rr-3cgh-j5r3
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44902
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js

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