CVE-2026-40453

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Severity

Critical · CVSS 9.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

Apr 26, 2026, 10:00:00 PM UTC

Source

[NVD] · [CVE record]

EPSS

2.10% · Oct 25, 2026

A flaw was found in Apache Camel. A remote attacker with Java Message Service (JMS) producer access could exploit a vulnerability in how certain header filter strategies process case-variant internal headers. This discrepancy, where filtering is case-sensitive but header processing is not, allows for the injection of malicious headers. Consequently, this could lead to remote code execution and arbitrary file write on affected Camel routes. Apache Camel: org.apache.camel: Apache Camel: Remote Code Execution and Arbitrary File Write via case-variant header injection This Critical flaw in Apache Camel allows remote code execution and arbitrary file write. An attacker with Java Message Service (JMS) producer access can exploit a discrepancy in header processing, where case-variant internal headers are filtered case-sensitively but processed case-insensitively. This enables the injection of malicious headers into Camel routes that forward JMS messages to header-driven components, posing a significant risk to affected Red Hat products. The critical severity is tied to the low complexity and low privileges required by the attack to exploit this vulnerability, this flaw also differs from the CVE-2025-27636 in the fact that an attacker may leverage this flaw to execute code that are beyond the methods already in the classpath meaning the impact for Integrity, Availability and Confidentiality is higher for this CVE and the impact scope may go beyond of only Apache Camel component but can impact the whole server hosting it. The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.