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CVE-2026-40453

42
FAUCET Score

The fix for CVE-2025-27636 added setLowerCase(true) to HttpHeaderFilterStrategy so that case-variant header names such as 'CAmelExecCommandExecutable' are filtered out alongside 'CamelExecCommandExecutable'. The same setLowerCase(true) call was not applied to five non-HTTP HeaderFilterStrategy implementations: JmsHeaderFilterStrategy and ClassicJmsHeaderFilterStrategy in camel-jms, SjmsHeaderFilterStrategy in camel-sjms, CoAPHeaderFilterStrategy in camel-coap, and GooglePubsubHeaderFilterStrategy in camel-google-pubsub. Because those strategies use case-sensitive String.startsWith('Camel'/'camel') filtering while the Camel Exchange stores headers in a case-insensitive map, an attacker with JMS (or equivalent) producer access to the broker consumed by a Camel route can inject case-variant Camel internal headers, which are then resolved by downstream components such as camel-exec and camel-file using their canonical casing. This enables remote code execution and arbitrary file write on routes that forward JMS messages to header-driven components. This issue affects Apache Camel: from 3.0.0 before 4.14.6, from 4.15.0 before 4.18.2, from 4.19.0 before 4.20.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.20.0, which fixes the issue. If users are on the 4.14.x LTS releases stream, then they are suggested to upgrade to 4.14.6. If users are on the 4.18.x releases stream, then they are suggested to upgrade to 4.18.2.

First published: Apr 27, 2026Last modified: Apr 28, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0.0, < 4.14.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:camel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15.0, < 4.18.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:camel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.19.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:camel:4.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.9CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0122 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 1,124 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 1.0 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (13)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.camel:camel-coapFixed in: 4.14.6
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.camel:camel-coapFixed in: 4.18.2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.camel:camel-coapFixed in: 4.20.0
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.camel:camel-google-pubsubFixed in: 4.14.6
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.camel:camel-google-pubsubFixed in: 4.18.2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.camel:camel-google-pubsubFixed in: 4.20.0
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.camel:camel-jmsFixed in: 4.14.6
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.camel:camel-jmsFixed in: 4.18.2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.camel:camel-jmsFixed in: 4.20.0
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.camel:camel-sjmsFixed in: 4.14.6
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.camel:camel-sjmsFixed in: 4.18.2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.camel:camel-sjmsFixed in: 4.20.0
apachevendor investigatingvia vendor_rss
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Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-jg2m-9x48-3gvjcritical

Apache Camel has an incomplete fix for CVE-2025-27636

Apr 27, 2026
apacheapache:www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg10984.htmlLOW

CVE-2026-40453: Apache Camel: Incomplete fix for CVE-2025-27636 in non-HTTP HeaderFilterStrategies (camel-jms, camel-sjms, camel-coap, camel-google-pubsub) allows case-variant header injection

Apr 26, 2026

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:17668
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:19835
access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2026-40453
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
security.access.redhat.com / data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-40453.json
camel.apache.org / security/CVE-2026-40453.html
Vendor Advisory