otel-instrumentation
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Audited by Snyk on Mar 26, 2026
Risk Level: MEDIUM
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MEDIUM W012: Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).
- Potentially malicious external URL detected (high risk: 0.90). The Java instrumentation instructions explicitly run curl -L -O https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/latest/download/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar and then launch the JVM with -javaagent:opentelemetry-javaagent.jar, which downloads and executes remote code at setup/runtime and is relied upon for instrumentation.
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W012
MEDIUMUnverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).
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