CVE-2026-45678: OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation: Postgres BIND parsing can panic on malformed payloads

May 18, 2026 (updated June 9, 2026)

The Postgres protocol parser assumes BIND message payloads contain a valid NUL-terminated portal name. A crafted empty or unterminated payload can make OBI slice beyond the end of the captured buffer and panic.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-pgvv-q3wf-mm9m
github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation/releases/tag/v0.9.0
github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation/security/advisories/GHSA-pgvv-q3wf-mm9m
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45678

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