GHSA-hfvc-g4fc-pqhx
opentelemetry-go: BSD kenv command not using absolute path enables PATH hijacking
Quick fix
GHSA-hfvc-g4fc-pqhx — go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
go get go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk@v1.43.0Details
## Summary
The fix for GHSA-9h8m-3fm2-qjrq (CVE-2026-24051) changed the Darwin `ioreg` command to use an absolute path but left the BSD `kenv` command using a bare name, allowing the same PATH hijacking attack on BSD and Solaris platforms.
## Root Cause
`sdk/resource/host_id.go` line 42:
if result, err := r.execCommand("kenv", "-q", "smbios.system.uuid"); err == nil {
Compare with the fixed Darwin path at line 58:
result, err := r.execCommand("/usr/sbin/ioreg", "-rd1", "-c", "IOPlatformExpertDevice")
The `execCommand` helper at `sdk/resource/host_id_exec.go` uses `exec.Command(name, arg...)` which searches `$PATH` when the command name contains no path separator.
Affected platforms (per build tag in `host_id_bsd.go:4`): DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris.
The `kenv` path is reached when `/etc/hostid` does not exist (line 38-40), which is common on FreeBSD systems.
## Attack
1. Attacker has local access to a system running a Go application that imports `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk` 2. Attacker places a malicious `kenv` binary earlier in `$PATH` 3. Application initializes OpenTelemetry resource detection at startup 4. `hostIDReaderBSD.read()` calls `exec.Command("kenv", ...)` which resolves to the malicious binary 5. Arbitrary code executes in the context of the application
Same attack vector and impact as CVE-2026-24051.
## Suggested Fix
Use the absolute path:
if result, err := r.execCommand("/bin/kenv", "-q", "smbios.system.uuid"); err == nil {
On FreeBSD, `kenv` is located at `/bin/kenv`.
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Affected packages
1.15.0Fixed in: 1.43.0go get go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk@v1.43.0