GO-2026-6508: OpenTelemetry-Go: Log gRPC exporter ignores env TLS certs, bypassing mTLS/pinning
OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. Prior to version 0.21.0, the exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploggrpc package loads OTELEXPORTEROTLPLOGSCERTIFICATE, OTELEXPORTEROTLPCERTIFICATE, and related client certificate environment variables through loadEnvTLS into cfg.tlsCfg, but newGRPCDialOptions does not apply cfg.tlsCfg when creating gRPC transport credentials. The environment-only TLS path instead uses credentials.NewTLS with system roots and no configured client certificate, bypassing intended private CA pinning and mutual TLS unless the application also supplies WithTLSCredentials. A network attacker able to intercept or spoof the collector connection with a system-trusted certificate can read or alter log telemetry. This issue is fixed in version 0.21.0.
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OpenTelemetry-Goto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 0.21.0