Red Hat Updates OpenTelemetry Collector on RHEL 9
Tech GuruQuick Answer
The collector update addresses five Go HTTP, multipart, TLS and certificate-validation vulnerabilities. Confirm the exact supported stream and installed build, apply the corresponding erratum, validate operations, and retain evidence.
Confirm Scope And Apply The Supported Remediation
What to do now: Record collector versions, receivers, exposed HTTP endpoints, TLS trust configuration and export destinations. Match the documented versions, enabled features and attack prerequisites to the deployment before assigning applicability. Install the applicable signed update from the entitled Red Hat repository, preserving the package epoch, architecture and support stream. Roll collector processes to the fixed build while preserving telemetry continuity. Verify receiver availability, exporter delivery, TLS trust validation and resource use; retain installed and active versions, test results and change records.
Last verified: 2026-11-02 UTC. Recheck the authoritative advisory and supported distribution channel before changing production.
Scope And Authority
| Product scope | OpenTelemetry Collector on RHEL 9 AppStream |
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| Advisory | RHSA-2026:93617 |
| CVEs | CVE-2026-111943, CVE-2026-78667, CVE-2026-78669, CVE-2026-94440, CVE-2026-97031 |
| Authoritative release date | 2026-11-02T12:47:38Z |
| Authority revision date | 2026-11-02T16:27:08Z (latest authority revision) |
| Affected versions | Advisory-listed packages or images before the applicable fixed build on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9). |
| Fixed version | opentelemetry-collector-0:0.158.0-2.el9_8.src |
| CVSS base score | 6.8-7.5 (CVSS v3.1; CVE-specific) |
| CVSS severity | Medium to High |
| Exploitation status | The cited authority does not state that this issue is being maliciously exploited.; no exploitation claim is inferred. |
Authority-Specific Scope And Version Evidence
| RHSA-2026:93617 | Released 2026-11-02T12:47:38Z; revised 2026-11-02T16:27:08Z. Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9). Fixed source-package families: opentelemetry-collector-0:0.158.0-2.el9_8.src. CVSS 6.8-7.5 (CVSS v3.1; CVE-specific); Medium to High. Vendor rating: Important. |
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What Changed
The collector update addresses five Go HTTP, multipart, TLS and certificate-validation vulnerabilities.
What To Validate Now
- Inventory. Record collector versions, receivers, exposed HTTP endpoints, TLS trust configuration and export destinations.
- Establish applicability. Match the documented versions, enabled features and attack prerequisites to the deployment before assigning applicability.
- Remediate. Install the applicable signed update from the entitled Red Hat repository, preserving the package epoch, architecture and support stream. Roll collector processes to the fixed build while preserving telemetry continuity.
- Validate. Verify receiver availability, exporter delivery, TLS trust validation and resource use; retain installed and active versions, test results and change records.
- Retain evidence. Preserve asset and owner identifiers, the applicability decision, before-and-after versions, change approval, installation output, validation results, and any exception or rollback record.
Operational Cautions
Plan buffering and failover so the update does not create an observability gap; retain configuration and delivery evidence. CVSS values are per-CVE authority scores, not one score assigned to the entire update.
Evidence To Retain
- Exact product, release stream, package or application version, enabled feature, environment, and accountable owner.
- UTC timestamps, authority revision, approved change record, installer or package-manager output, and resulting version.
- Relevant logs and monitoring evidence, test results, exceptions, compensating controls, and rollback decisions.
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Authoritative References
Correction policy: If the authority changes affected versions, fixed versions, severity, exploitation information, mitigations, or required action, TechGeeks will update this notice and its verification date.
