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fix(deps): update dependency @opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node to v0.75.0 [security] - #22932

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Prometheus exporter process crash via malformed HTTP request

CVE-2026-44902 / GHSA-q7rr-3cgh-j5r3

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Summary

A single malformed HTTP request crashes any Node.js process running the OpenTelemetry JS Prometheus exporter. The metrics endpoint (default 0.0.0.0:9464) has no error handling around URL parsing, so a request with an invalid URI causes an uncaught TypeError that terminates the process.

You are affected by this vulnerability if either of the following apply to your application:

  • you directly use @opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus in your code through its built-in server.
  • your OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER environment variable includes prometheus AND
    • you use @opentelemetry/sdk-node
    • you use @opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node via --require @opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node/register/--import @opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node/register
Impact

Denial of service. Any application using the OpenTelemetry Prometheus exporter’s built-in server can be crashed by a single unauthenticated network packet sent to the metrics port. No authentication, special privileges, or prior access is required.

Remediation
Update to the fixed version

Update @opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus and @opentelemetry/sdk-node to version 0.217.0 or later.
Update @opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node to version 0.75.0 or later.

This release adds proper error handling around the URL constructor, returning an HTTP 400 response on parse failure rather than allowing the exception to propagate and crash the process.

npm install @opentelemetry/exporter-prometheus@latest
Do Not Expose the Endpoint to Untrusted Users

[!IMPORTANT]
The following mitigations reduce exposure but do not fully remediate the vulnerability. Any client that can reach the metrics endpoint - including your own Prometheus scraper host if compromised - could still trigger the crash. Updating to 0.217.0 is the recommended resolution.

If updating is not immediately feasible, restrict access to the metrics endpoint so that it is not reachable by untrusted or unauthenticated network clients. For example:

  • Bind to localhost only by setting the host option to 127.0.0.1 when configuring the PrometheusExporter, so the port is not exposed on public or shared network interfaces

  • Use a firewall or network policy to restrict access to port 9464 (or whichever port you have configured) to only trusted Prometheus scrape hosts

  • Place the endpoint behind a reverse proxy that filters or validates incoming requests before they reach the exporter

Details

In PrometheusExporter.ts, the _requestHandler calls new URL(request.url, this._baseUrl) without any error handling. Node's HTTP parser accepts absolute-form URIs (e.g. http://) for proxy compatibility, including malformed ones. When request.url is "http://", the URL constructor throws TypeError: Invalid URL. Since there is no try-catch in the handler, the exception propagates as an uncaught exception and crashes the process.

The Prometheus metrics endpoint is unauthenticated by design (Prometheus scrapes it) and binds to 0.0.0.0 by default, meaning it is reachable by any network client that can connect to the metrics port.

Proof of Concept

Start any Node.js application with the Prometheus exporter running on the default port 9464, then send a single raw TCP packet:

echo -ne 'GET http:// HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n' | nc localhost 9464

The process crashes immediately with:

TypeError: Invalid URL
    at new URL (...)
    at PrometheusExporter._requestHandler (...)

Severity

  • CVSS Score: 7.5 / 10 (High)
  • Vector String: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

This data is provided by the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0).


Release Notes

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File name: boundaries/proxy/pnpm-lock.yaml
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 ERR_PNPM_FETCH_404  GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@buf%2Fshortlink-org_shortlink-link-link.bufbuild_es: Not Found - 404

This error happened while installing a direct dependency of /tmp/renovate/repos/github/shortlink-org/shortlink/boundaries/proxy

@buf/shortlink-org_shortlink-link-link.bufbuild_es is not in the npm registry, or you have no permission to fetch it.

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