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CVE-2026-40453

CRITICAL
9.9
CVSS 3.1
Description
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.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-40453
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
apache
Reserved
2026-04-13 08:27 UTC
Published
2026-04-27 08:23 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-15 01:01 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-178
CWE-178 Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
Vendor / Product
Apache Software Foundation / Apache Camel JMS
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.9 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Tech. Impact
total
Affected products (3)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Apache Software Foundation Apache Camel CoAP 3.0.0 < 4.14.6, 4.15.0 < 4.18.2, 4.19.0 < 4.20.0
Apache Software Foundation Apache Camel Google PubSub 3.0.0 < 4.14.6, 4.15.0 < 4.18.2, 4.19.0 < 4.20.0
Apache Software Foundation Apache Camel JMS 3.0.0 < 4.14.6, 4.15.0 < 4.18.2, 4.19.0 < 4.20.0
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-178 cna CWE-178 Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
CWE-178 adp Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
CVSS scores (2)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
9.9 CRITICAL 3.1 adp CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.9 CRITICAL 3.1 adp CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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