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CVE-2018-8027

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8027 is a critical XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting Apache Camel versions 2.20.0 through 2.20.3 and 2.21.0 Core, specifically within its XSD validation processor. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.20.0, <= 2.20.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:camel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.21.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:camel:2.21.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0552 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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 (5)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.camel:camel-coreFixed in: 2.20.4
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.camel:camel-coreFixed in: 2.21.1
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6Fixed in: camel-core
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6Fixed in: camel-core
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6Fixed in: camel-core

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-8vfm-4388-6rpccritical

Apache is vulnerable to XXE in XSD validation processor

Oct 16, 2018
redhatCVE-2018-8027Moderate

camel-core: XXE in XSD validation processor

Jul 31, 2018

References

camel.apache.org / security-advisories.data/CVE-2018-8027.txt.asc
MitigationVendor Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/2318d7f7d87724d8716cd650c21b31cb06e4d34f6d0f5ee42f28fdaf%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/77f596fc63e63c2e9adcff3c34759b32c225cf0b582aedb755adaade%40%3Cdev.camel.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/b4014ea7c5830ca1fc28edd5cafedfe93ad4af2d9e69c961c5def31d%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
securityfocus.com / bid/104933
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry