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CVE-2026-85249: Apache Camel: Camel-Tika Header Injection via Unfiltered Document Metadata

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 26/100)

  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.34% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Camel 4.18.5, 4.22.1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Apache Software Foundation Apache Camel 4.18.5, 4.22.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Camel Tika component. This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.0.0 before 4.18.5, from 4.19.0 before 4.22.1. The Tika producer mapped every metadata key parsed out of the submitted document onto the Exchange as a header, with no filter applied. Document metadata is attacker-controlled content: the party that supplies the file chooses the metadata keys it carries. A crafted document could therefore set Exchange headers that the rest of the route depends on, including headers in the Camel namespace such as CamelFileName, which downstream components use to decide where content is written. The pattern is the same header-injection class as the consumer advisories published previously, reached here through parsed file content rather than through a protocol header. Upgrade to Apache Camel 4.23.0, which fixes the issue. Users on the 4.18.x LTS releases stream should upgrade to 4.18.5. Users on the 4.22.x LTS releases stream should upgrade to 4.22.1. Parsed document metadata is now filtered through a HeaderFilterStrategy before it is mapped onto the Exchange. A route that was reading a metadata-derived header the filter now blocks will see it missing. For deployments that cannot upgrade immediately, strip the Camel namespace after the Tika producer with removeHeaders("Camel*") before any component that acts on those headers.

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.1—Proof of concept Fix available
Published
Oct 19, 2026
Updated
Nov 3, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 27th percentile

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Action score

26

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

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6.5
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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
apachecamel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • apache camel4.0.0 and later · before 4.18.5
  • apache camel4.19.0 and later · before 4.22.1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apache). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Camel

    • 4.18.5, 4.22.1, 4.23.0not affected
    • 4.0.0 and later · before 4.18.5affected · maven
    • 4.19.0 and later · before 4.22.1affected · maven

Same product

apache: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2025-27636Apache Camel: Camel Message Header Injection via Improper Filtering
    51Plan
  • CVE-2026-47323Apache Camel: Camel-CXF Message Header Injection via Missing Inbound Filtering
    45Plan
  • CVE-2026-33453Apache Camel: CoAP URI Query Parameter to Exchange Header Injection in camel-coap Allows Single-Packet Pre-Auth Remote Code Execution
    43Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-85246Oct 19, 2026 · Apache Camel: Camel-Mina Information Disclosure via Unmuted Consumer Exceptions
    21Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-85247Oct 19, 2026 · Apache Camel: Camel-Knative Improper Certificate Validation When SSL Is Enabled Without a Truststore
    23Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-85250Oct 19, 2026 · Apache Camel: Camel-XPath XML External Entity Processing and File Disclosure via the documentType=InputSource Option
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Apache Software Foundation Apache Camel4.18.5Vendor (CNA)
Apache Software Foundation Apache Camel4.22.1Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02026-10-19

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoCsame day
  2. Published
  3. Fix recordedsame day
  4. TodayNov 4, 2026+16 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-7130056 days apartApache Camel: Camel-Atmosphere-Websocket: WebSocket dispatch header injection
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-7832956 days apartApache Camel: Camel-Undertow: the endpoint discarded the undertow-specific header filter strategy in favour of the base HTTP one, so the undertow filtering neve
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-46454105 days apartApache Camel: Camel-Cometd: Inbound Bayeux message headers are mapped into the Exchange without a HeaderFilterStrategy, allowing unauthenticated clients to inje
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-46456105 days apartApache Camel: Camel-AWS2-SQS: Inbound message attributes are mapped into the Exchange without an inbound HeaderFilterStrategy, allowing a message sender to inje
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-48204105 days apartApache Camel: Camel-MongoDB-GridFS: The gridfs.* control headers used non-Camel-prefixed names that bypass the HTTP header filter, allowing an HTTP client to sw
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-56140105 days apartApache Camel AWS2 SNS: An inbound Camel-namespace filter was added to Sns2HeaderFilterStrategy to align it with sibling components
    39Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Exploit maturitynone → poc
  2. SSVC exploitation— → none
  3. Exploit maturity— → none
  4. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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