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TI-2026-35615 Aliases CVE-2026-48205GHSA-hcm8-x79p-wx2w

Improper input validation in Apache Camel DNS

Priority MEDIUM 48CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Improper Input Validation, Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Apache Camel DNS component. The camel-dns producers read DNS operation parameters - the resolver to query, the name or domain to look up, the record type and class, and the search term - from Exchange message headers whose constant values (DnsConstants.DNS_SERVER, DNS_NAME, DNS_DOMAIN, DNS_TYPE, DNS_CLASS, TERM) were the plain strings dns.server, dns.name, dns.domain, dns.type, dns.class and term. 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 dns: producer, any HTTP client could therefore set the dns.server header to make the dig producer build a SimpleResolver pointing at an attacker-controlled DNS server - a server-side request forgery via DNS, through which the attacker observes the queried name and can return poisoned responses - and set the dns.name / dns.domain headers to resolve arbitrary internal hostnames, disclosing whether they exist (internal network reconnaissance). No credentials are required 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 DNS operations via the raw header names must use CamelDnsServer / CamelDnsName / CamelDnsDomain / CamelDnsType / CamelDnsClass / CamelDnsTerm instead of the dns.* / term names. For deployments that cannot upgrade immediately, strip the dns.* and term headers from any untrusted ingress before the dns: producer, and set the DNS server and lookup parameters from a trusted source in the route.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.006 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Apache Camel DNS (Apache Software Foundation): 4.14.8, 4.18.3, 4.21.0org.apache.camel:camel-dns (Maven): 4.14.8, 4.18.3, 4.21.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ApacheApache Camel DNS4.0.0 to before 4.14.8; 4.15.0 to before 4.18.3; 4.19.0 to before 4.21.04.14.8, 4.18.3, 4.21.0Patch availableCNA
—org.apache.camel:camel-dns (Maven)4.0.0 to before 4.14.84.14.8Patch availableGHSA-hcm8-x79p-wx2w
—org.apache.camel:camel-dns (Maven)4.15.0 to before 4.18.34.18.3Patch availableGHSA-hcm8-x79p-wx2w
—org.apache.camel:camel-dns (Maven)4.19.0 to before 4.21.04.21.0Patch availableGHSA-hcm8-x79p-wx2w
  • Apache Camel DNS VendorApache Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.14.8; 4.15.0 to before 4.18.3; 4.19.0 to before 4.21.0 Fixed in 4.14.8, 4.18.3, 4.21.0 Patch available CNA
  • org.apache.camel:camel-dns (Maven) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.14.8 Fixed in 4.14.8 Patch available GHSA-hcm8-x79p-wx2w
  • org.apache.camel:camel-dns (Maven) Vendor— Affected 4.15.0 to before 4.18.3 Fixed in 4.18.3 Patch available GHSA-hcm8-x79p-wx2w
  • org.apache.camel:camel-dns (Maven) Vendor— Affected 4.19.0 to before 4.21.0 Fixed in 4.21.0 Patch available GHSA-hcm8-x79p-wx2w

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:camel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.0 to before 4.14.8; 4.15.0 to before 4.18.3; 4.19.0 to before 4.21.0VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:camel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 to before 4.14.8; 4.15.0 to before 4.18.3; 4.19.0 to before 4.21.0 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Apache Camel DNS (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 4.14.8, 4.18.3, 4.21.0
  • Fix · GHSA-hcm8-x79p-wx2w org.apache.camel:camel-dns (Maven) Fixed in 4.14.8 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-hcm8-x79p-wx2w org.apache.camel:camel-dns (Maven) Fixed in 4.18.3 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-hcm8-x79p-wx2w org.apache.camel:camel-dns (Maven) Fixed in 4.21.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48205
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hcm8-x79p-wx2w

References

  • TI-2026-76322 Unsafe deserialization in Apache Camel camel-hazelcast CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-18973 Apache Camel: Camel-Keycloak: Cross-Realm Token Acceptance Bypass in KeycloakSecurityPolicy CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-76339 Path traversal in Apache Camel azure-files component CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-76330 Path traversal in Apache Camel FTP consumer escapes polled directory CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2025-20435 Apache Camel: Camel Message Header Injection via Improper Filtering CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.6
  • TI-2026-34899 Apache Camel: Camel-CXF Message Header Injection via Missing Inbound Filtering CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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