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TI-2026-76370 Aliases CVE-2026-91858GHSA-qrg3-hxwc-36jm

External entity resolution in Apache Camel FOP producer

Priority LOW 29CWE-611Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · Low · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix

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

Summary

Apache Camel from 4.0.0 before 4.18.5 and from 4.19.0 before 4.22.1 is affected. The camel-fop FopProducer resolves external DTDs and entities in untrusted XSL-FO input (CWE-611) when a third-party JAXP TransformerFactory such as Saxon-HE is on the classpath. A remote sender whose XSL-FO reaches the producer can read files readable by the Camel process and make the process request hosts named in the document.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04

Description from the CNA

FopProducer transforms the incoming XSL-FO message body by creating a javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory through TransformerFactory.newInstance() and enabling only FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING before running an identity transform over the body. On the JDK's built-in transformer, that feature alone already empties the accessExternalDTD and accessExternalStylesheet limits, so an external DTD or entity is refused. When a third-party JAXP TransformerFactory such as Saxon-HE is on the classpath, for example because the application also uses camel-xslt-saxon or camel-saxon, TransformerFactory.newInstance() returns that implementation instead, and FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING on its own does not restrict external resource access on it. A DOCTYPE with an external subset, or an external general entity, declared in the XSL-FO document is then resolved and expanded while the body is transformed. An external sender whose XSL-FO reaches a fop producer could therefore read files readable by the Camel process and cause the process to issue requests to hosts the document names. camel-fop does not bring such a factory itself, and excludes Xalan, so a default deployment using the JDK transformer is not affected; the issue is reachable only where another component has placed an alternative JAXP TransformerFactory on the classpath. Releases on the 4.14.x line and earlier reached end of life before this issue was resolved and do not receive a fix.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00306 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Apache Camel (Apache Software Foundation): 4.18.5, 4.22.1Red Hat: 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

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 Camel4.0.0 to before 4.18.5; 4.19.0 to before 4.22.14.18.5, 4.22.1Patch availableCNA
  • Apache Camel VendorApache Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.18.5; 4.19.0 to before 4.22.1 Fixed in 4.18.5, 4.22.1 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 or 4.22.1. Red Hat Fuse 7 is affected, and Red Hat plans no fix. Releases on the 4.14.x line and earlier are end of life and receive no fix.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04

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

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

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Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Fuse 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-19 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-91858
  2. 2026-10-19 Alias added: GHSA-qrg3-hxwc-36jm
  3. 2026-10-19 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  4. 2026-10-19 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  5. 2026-11-04 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  6. 2026-11-04 CVSS score added · Red Hat

References

Patch 3

Advisory 1

Other 1

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  • 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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Sources

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