`CVE-2026-48206` Apache Camel

Affected software	Apache Camel
Severity	5.3 Medium CVSS 3.1
Fixed in	`4.14.8`, `4.18.3`, `4.21.0`
Weakness	Improper input validation (CWE-20)
Published	6 Jul 2026
Updated	25 Oct 2026

Description

Improper Input Validation, Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in Apache Camel JIRA component. The camel-jira producers read their operation parameters - the issue key, project key, transition id, summary, type, assignee, components, watchers, link type, work-log minutes and others - from Exchange message headers. The header constants defined in JiraConstants (for example ISSUE_KEY = IssueKey, ISSUE_PROJECT_KEY = ProjectKey, ISSUE_TRANSITION_ID = IssueTransitionId, LINK_TYPE = linkType) used plain, non-Camel-prefixed values. Because these names do not start with the Camel / camel prefix, HttpHeaderFilterStrategy - which blocks only the Camel header namespace on the HTTP boundary - let them pass from an inbound HTTP request straight into the Exchange. In a route that bridges an HTTP consumer (for example platform-http) into a jira: producer, any HTTP client could therefore supply these headers and override the values the route intended, driving JIRA operations against the configured JIRA instance with the endpoint's configured service-account credentials - for example deleting or transitioning an arbitrary issue (via IssueKey / IssueTransitionId), creating an issue in a different project (via ProjectKey), modifying issue fields, adding or removing watchers, or logging work. The operations are bounded by what the configured service account is permitted to do. No credentials are required from the attacker when the bridging consumer is unauthenticated. This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.0.0 before 4.14.8, from 4.15.0 before 4.18.3, from 4.19.0 before 4.21.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.21.0, which fixes the issue. If users are on the 4.14.x LTS releases stream, then they are suggested to upgrade to 4.14.8. If users are on the 4.18.x releases stream, then they are suggested to upgrade to 4.18.3. After upgrading, routes that drive JIRA operations via the raw header names must use the CamelJira* names (for example CamelJiraIssueKey) instead of the old values. For deployments that cannot upgrade immediately, strip the camel-jira control headers from any untrusted ingress before the jira: producer (for example removing the IssueKey, ProjectKey, IssueTransitionId and related headers at the start of the route), and set the required JIRA operation parameters from a trusted source.

CWE-639

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. The 1 repository below are public GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
Indexed PoC 1 indexed, none at 5+ stars
EPSS 0.55% chance in 30 days

1 of these are GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars. They are listed for reference and don't count toward the exploitation status above.

Index	Artifact	Stars	First seen
GitHub PoC	Reproducer for CVE-2026-48206: Apache Camel camel-jira IssueKey (and other non-Camel-prefixed) header injection driving arbitrary JIRA issue operations with the endpoint's service-account credentials (fixed in 4.14.8/4.18.3/4.21.0)		2026-07-20

Index

Artifact

Stars

First seen

GitHub PoC

Reproducer for CVE-2026-48206: Apache Camel camel-jira IssueKey (and other non-Camel-prefixed) header injection driving arbitrary JIRA issue operations with the endpoint's service-account credentials (fixed in 4.14.8/4.18.3/4.21.0)

2026-07-20

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists: apache/camel #23417.

Protection none
Action unverified
Review automated Upstream data
Record active

Decided by	Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory
Finding	This CVE is MEDIUM severity, is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, has no public exploit or PoC in any indexed source, carries no CISA Vulnrichment finding of a demonstrated exploit, and is not part of an Oracle Critical Patch Update. None of the signals that would put it in front of an engineer is present, and the volume of CVEs below that bar is too great to take one at a time, so no rule is written for it. This is a decision about what we act on, not a finding that the CVE is harmless — a patch may well be derivable, and a low-severity defect can still be one link in a longer chain.

Decided by

Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

Finding

This CVE is MEDIUM severity, is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, has no public exploit or PoC in any indexed source, carries no CISA Vulnrichment finding of a demonstrated exploit, and is not part of an Oracle Critical Patch Update. None of the signals that would put it in front of an engineer is present, and the volume of CVEs below that bar is too great to take one at a time, so no rule is written for it. This is a decision about what we act on, not a finding that the CVE is harmless — a patch may well be derivable, and a low-severity defect can still be one link in a longer chain.

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev

Package Introduced Fixed Last affected

org.apache.camel:camel-jira 4.0.0 4.14.8 unbounded

org.apache.camel:camel-jira 4.15.0 4.18.3 unbounded

org.apache.camel:camel-jira 4.19.0 4.21.0 unbounded

Package	Introduced	Fixed	Last affected
`org.apache.camel:camel-jira`	4.0.0	`4.14.8`	unbounded
`org.apache.camel:camel-jira`	4.15.0	`4.18.3`	unbounded
`org.apache.camel:camel-jira`	4.19.0	`4.21.0`	unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 6 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	apache	camel	generic	≥ 4.0.0 and ＜ 4.14.8 · ≥ 4.15.0 and ＜ 4.18.3 · ≥ 4.19.0 and ＜ 4.21.0
osv	org.apache.camel	camel-jira	generic	≥ 4.0.0 and ＜ 4.14.8 · ≥ 4.15.0 and ＜ 4.18.3 · ≥ 4.19.0 and ＜ 4.21.0

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

apache

camel

generic

≥ 4.0.0 and ＜ 4.14.8 · ≥ 4.15.0 and ＜ 4.18.3 · ≥ 4.19.0 and ＜ 4.21.0

osv

org.apache.camel

camel-jira

generic

≥ 4.0.0 and ＜ 4.14.8 · ≥ 4.15.0 and ＜ 4.18.3 · ≥ 4.19.0 and ＜ 4.21.0

References

URL	Tags
https://github.com/apache/camel/pull/23417	WEB
https://github.com/apache/camel/pull/23460	WEB
https://github.com/apache/camel/pull/23472	WEB
https://github.com/apache/camel/commit/024704f95f16d1260304054088fa0b34acb57ebf	WEB
https://github.com/apache/camel/commit/3240a174a3707ba2b1d893c4ac0880829e0c9233	WEB
https://github.com/apache/camel/commit/6863ea624605ab3fa8827c43a4c5df333f767dc4	WEB
https://camel.apache.org/security/CVE-2026-48206.html	WEB
https://github.com/apache/camel	PACKAGE
https://github.com/apache/camel/releases/tag/camel-4.14.8	WEB
https://github.com/apache/camel/releases/tag/camel-4.18.3	WEB

URL

Timeline

Published	2026-07-06	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-10-25	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2026-07-06

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-10-25

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

How VRT decided (17 of 24 rules ran)

17 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification no match Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream no match A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component no match The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side no match Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven matched In scope Maven packages: org.apache.camel:camel-jira

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint no match A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

18 open-source-maven matched Mitigation candidate Open-source Maven artifact indexed by OSV (Maven packages: org.apache.camel:camel-jira). The source is public, which makes an ARMR patch rule a candidate; nothing here establishes that one can be written.

19 poc-derivable skipped An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit skipped Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match no match A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc skipped Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold decided it matched No exploit published MEDIUM severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no public PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA exploitation finding, and not in an Oracle advisory — none of the signals we act on is present.

24 no-exploit-published skipped Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

Products the scope rules checked

The products this CVE's record names, and whether VRT tracks each one. The scope rules decided on these.

Vendor Product Tracked CPE Source

apache camel tracked cpe:2.3:a:apache:camel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

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