CVE-2026-27878
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
A TraceQL query in Grafana Tempo with a large exemplars hint value can cause the Tempo instance to allocate an excessive amount of memory, resulting in an out-of-memory crash. This could allow an authenticated user to trigger a denial of service against the Tempo service.
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affected products (19)
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- Go github.com/grafana/tempo< 1.5.1-0.20260303204923-b13f74291d48osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/grafana/tempo
advisories (3)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-2342Grafana Tempo: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2026-07-14csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Grafana Tempo ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
- GHSA-6xff-cpcq-vpw2Grafana Tempo vulnerable to an out-of-memory crash2026-06-19ghsa · osvUS
A TraceQL query in Grafana Tempo with a large exemplars hint value can cause the Tempo instance to allocate an excessive amount of memory, resulting in an out-of-memory crash. This could allow an authenticated user to trigger a denial of service against the Tempo service.
- GO-2026-6325Grafana Tempo vulnerable to an out-of-memory crash in github.com/grafana/tempo2026-09-02vendor · osvUS
Grafana Tempo vulnerable to an out-of-memory crash in github.com/grafana/tempo
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