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TI-2026-76331 Aliases CVE-2026-79984GHSA-3m83-xh6c-vxmh

Path traversal in Apache Camel Mina SFTP reads and moves remote files

Priority HIGH 68CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Apache Camel from 4.18.0 before 4.18.5 and from 4.19.0 before 4.22.1 is affected by a path traversal flaw in the camel-mina-sftp component. The component builds a remote file path from a name in the server's directory listing without checking that the path stays inside the polled directory (CWE-22). A malicious or compromised server, or an on-path attacker, can make Camel read, delete or rename files outside that directory using the endpoint's credentials.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Description from the CNA

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Apache Camel Mina SFTP component. This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.18.0 before 4.18.5, from 4.19.0 before 4.22.1. The Camel remote-file consumers poll a directory on a remote server and build the absolute remote path of each file by concatenating the configured directory with the file name reported in the server's directory listing. That concatenation (FtpUtils.absoluteFilePath and GenericFileConsumer) applied no lexical normalization and no check that the result stayed inside the directory being polled, and the resulting path became the operand for every subsequent remote operation on the file: retrieval (FtpOperations.retrieveFile / SftpOperations, reached from GenericFileConsumer where the retrieve name is taken verbatim from GenericFile.getAbsoluteFilePath), deletion when delete=true (GenericFileDeleteProcessStrategy), and renaming when move, preMove, moveFailed or readLock=rename is configured (GenericFileProcessStrategySupport and GenericFileRenameExclusiveReadLockStrategy). Neither isValidFile nor isMatched performed any containment check. A listing entry that is not a single path segment therefore resolved to a path outside the configured polling directory, causing Camel to read, delete or rename files outside it using the endpoint's own credentials. A listing name is not route-controlled data. It is supplied by the remote server, and the FTP control channel carries no integrity protection at all, so an on-path attacker can rewrite a LIST response without holding any credentials; a compromised, malicious or multi-tenant server, or a server backed by a virtual filesystem, can emit such a name directly. Retrieval is reachable in a default consumer configuration, since the remote consumers download every listed file; deletion and renaming additionally require one of the disposition options above, all of which are common. Escape from the directory Camel was configured to poll is unconditional, while escape from the server's own account boundary additionally depends on whether that server confines the account. The jailStartingDirectory option, which is documented as restricting Camel to the starting directory and is enabled by default, governed producer writes and, since the localWorkDirectory containment work, consumer downloads to the local work directory - but it did not constrain this remote operand, so its name and description claimed a boundary that was not enforced here. The same entry point had already been recognised on the local side: the localWorkDirectory download path was constrained so that a remote file name containing parent-directory segments could not resolve outside the local work directory. The remote operand was the remaining half of that surface. This artifact provides the mina-sftp scheme, an alternative SFTP implementation whose consumer derives from the same RemoteFileConsumer base class and therefore inherited the same unconstrained resolution. Upgrade to Apache Camel 4.23.0, which fixes the issue. Users on the 4.22.x releases stream should upgrade to 4.22.1. Users on the 4.18.x LTS releases stream should upgrade to 4.18.5. The 4.14.x stream reached end of life and does not receive this fix; users on it should move to a supported releases stream.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00659 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Apache Camel (Apache Software Foundation): 4.18.5, 4.22.1, 4.23.0Red Hat: 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
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 Camel4.18.0 to before 4.18.5; 4.19.0 to before 4.22.14.18.5, 4.22.1, 4.23.0Patch availableCNA
  • Apache Camel VendorApache Affected 4.18.0 to before 4.18.5; 4.19.0 to before 4.22.1 Fixed in 4.18.5, 4.22.1, 4.23.0 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:camel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Apache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:camel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Apache

Remediation

Upgrade Apache Camel to 4.18.5, 4.22.1 or 4.23.0. Red Hat lists Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 and Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 as affected, with plan none_available.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

  • Fix · CNA Apache Camel (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 4.18.5, 4.22.1, 4.23.0

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Apache Camel 4.18.5, 4.22.1

    39 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 6 HIGH, 9 MEDIUM, 24 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-76322 Unsafe deserialization in Apache Camel camel-hazelcastPriority HIGH 82
    • TI-2026-76339 Path traversal in Apache Camel azure-files componentPriority HIGH 74
    • TI-2026-76330 Path traversal in Apache Camel FTP consumer escapes polled directoryPriority HIGH 74

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4AffectedNo fix yet

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-19 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-79984
  2. 2026-10-19 Alias added: GHSA-3m83-xh6c-vxmh
  3. 2026-10-19 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  4. 2026-10-19 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  5. 2026-10-20 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  6. 2026-10-20 Priority changed: LOW → HIGH
  7. 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  8. 2026-10-20 CVSS score added · Red Hat
  9. 2026-10-20 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  10. 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

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  • TI-2024-30292 Apache OFBiz: Confused controller-view authorization logic (forced browsing) KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-26062 Apache OFBiz: Unauthenticated endpoint could allow execution of screen rendering code KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-21190 Apache OFBiz: Path traversal leading to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-18186 Apache HugeGraph-Server: Command execution in gremlin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-25106 Deserialization of untrusted data in Apache ActiveMQ KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
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