OpenTelemetry dotnet is a dotnet telemetry framework. In affected versions of OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http
and OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore
the url.full
writes attribute/tag on spans (Activity
) when tracing is enabled for outgoing http requests and OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore
writes the url.query
attribute/tag on spans (Activity
) when tracing is enabled for incoming http requests. These attributes are defined by the Semantic Conventions for HTTP Spans. Up until version 1.8.1
the values written by OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http
& OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore
will pass-through the raw query string as was sent or received (respectively). This may lead to sensitive information (e.g. EUII - End User Identifiable Information, credentials, etc.) being leaked into telemetry backends (depending on the application(s) being instrumented) which could cause privacy and/or security incidents. Note: Older versions of OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http
& OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore
may use different tag names but have the same vulnerability. The 1.8.1
versions of OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http
& OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore
will now redact by default all values detected on transmitted or received query strings. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.