Findings

CVE-2026-21728

Tempo queries with large limits can cause large memory allocations which can impact the availability of the service, depending on its deployment strategy.

Published Apr 24, 2026 · updated Sep 9, 2026 · grafana tempo

Tempo queries with large limits can cause large memory allocations which can impact the availability of the service, depending on its deployment strategy. Mitigation can be done by setting max_result_limit in the search config, e.g. to 262144 (2^18). Alternatively, automatically restart the service.

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  1. Apr 24, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Tempo queries with large limits can cause large memory allocations which can impact the availability of the service, depending on its deployment strategy. Mitigation can be done by setting max_result_limit in the search config, e.g. to 262144 (2^18). Alternatively, automatically restart the service.

  2. Sep 9, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Tempo queries with large limits can cause large memory allocations which can impact the availability of the service, depending on its deployment strategy. Mitigation can be done by setting max_result_limit in the search config, e.g. to 262144 (2^18). Alternatively, automatically restart the service.

Affected

  • cpe grafana/tempoversion unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-21728

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-21728

    Tempo queries with large limits can cause large memory allocations which can impact the availability of the service, depending on its deployment strategy. Mitigation can be done by setting max_result_limit in the search config, e.g. to 262144 (2^18). Alternatively, automatically

    nvd.nist.gov

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