Camel-CXF and Camel-Knative Message Header Injection via Missing Inbound Filtering

The CXF and Knative HeaderFilterStrategy implementations (CxfRsHeaderFilterStrategy in camel-cxf-rest, CxfHeaderFilterStrategy in camel-cxf-transport, and KnativeHttpHeaderFilterStrategy in camel-knative-http) only filter outbound Camel-internal headers via setOutFilterStartsWith, while not configuring inbound filtering via setInFilterStartsWith. As a result, an unauthenticated attacker can inject Camel-internal headers (e.g. CamelExecCommandExecutable, CamelFileName) via HTTP requests to CXF-RS or CXF-SOAP endpoints. When a route forwards messages from these endpoints to header-driven components such as camel-exec or camel-file, the injected headers override configured values, enabling remote code execution or arbitrary file writes. This is the same pattern that was previously addressed in camel-undertow (CVE-2025-30177), the broader incoming-header filter (CVE-2025-27636 and CVE-2025-29891), and non-HTTP strategies (CVE-2026-40453).


This issue affects Apache Camel: from 3.18.0 before 4.14.6, from 4.15.0 before 4.18.2.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.19.0, which fixes the issue. If users are on the 4.18.x LTS releases stream, then they are suggested to upgrade to 4.18.2. If users are on the 4.14.x LTS releases stream, then they are suggested to upgrade to 4.14.6.

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Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apache camel
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:apache:camel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apache camel

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-791
References
Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

Critical


Wed, 20 May 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Apache
Apache apache Camel
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Apache apache Camel

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Description Camel-CXF and Camel-Knative Message Header Injection via Missing Inbound Filtering The CXF and Knative HeaderFilterStrategy implementations (CxfRsHeaderFilterStrategy in camel-cxf-rest, CxfHeaderFilterStrategy in camel-cxf-transport, and KnativeHttpHeaderFilterStrategy in camel-knative-http) only filter outbound Camel-internal headers via setOutFilterStartsWith, while not configuring inbound filtering via setInFilterStartsWith. As a result, an unauthenticated attacker can inject Camel-internal headers (e.g. CamelExecCommandExecutable, CamelFileName) via HTTP requests to CXF-RS or CXF-SOAP endpoints. When a route forwards messages from these endpoints to header-driven components such as camel-exec or camel-file, the injected headers override configured values, enabling remote code execution or arbitrary file writes. This is the same pattern that was previously addressed in camel-undertow (CVE-2025-30177), the broader incoming-header filter (CVE-2025-27636 and CVE-2025-29891), and non-HTTP strategies (CVE-2026-40453). This issue affects Apache Camel: from 3.18.0 before 4.14.6, from 4.15.0 before 4.18.2. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.19.0, which fixes the issue. If users are on the 4.18.x LTS releases stream, then they are suggested to upgrade to 4.18.2. If users are on the 4.14.x LTS releases stream, then they are suggested to upgrade to 4.14.6.
Title Apache Camel: Camel-CXF Message Header Injection via Missing Inbound Filtering
Weaknesses CWE-178
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-21T03:55:16.379Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T08:52:58.990Z

Link: CVE-2026-47323

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-20T15:36:30.384Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-05-19T14:16:48.653

Modified: 2026-06-04T13:27:04.880

Link: CVE-2026-47323

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2026-05-19T12:25:49Z

Links: CVE-2026-47323 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-04T14:00:15Z

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