Critical severity · published Apr 27, 2026
CVE-2026-33454
Apache Camel: Inbound Header Filter Missing in MailHeaderFilterStrategy Allows Remote Code Execution via MIME Header Injection (CVE-2025-30177 Variant)
9.4
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Camel-Mail component is vulnerable to Camel message header injection. The custom header filter strategy used by the component (MailHeaderFilterStrategy) only filters the 'out' direction via setOutFilterStartsWith, while it does not configure the 'in' direction via setInFilterStartsWith. As a result, when a Camel application consumes mail through camel-mail (for example via from(\"imap://...\") or from(\"pop3://...\")) the inbound filter check is skipped and Camel-prefixed MIME headers are mapped unfiltered into the Exchange. An attacker who can deliver an email to a mailbox monitored by such a consumer can inject Camel-specific headers that, for some Camel components downstream of the mail consumer (such as camel-bean, camel-exec, or camel-sql), can alter the behaviour of the route. This is the same pattern that was previously addressed in camel-undertow (CVE-2025-30177) and the broader incoming-header filter (CVE-2025-27636 and CVE-2025-29891).
This issue affects Apache Camel: from 3.0.0 before 4.14.6, from 4.15.0 before 4.18.1.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.19.0, which fixes the issue. If users are on the 4.18.x LTS releases stream, then they are suggested to upgrade to 4.18.1. If users are on the 4.14.x LTS releases stream, then they are suggested to upgrade to 4.14.6.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
Apache Camel · Apache Software Foundation
3.0.0 before 4.14.6; 4.15.0 before 4.18.1 · source: vendor
CA
Camel · Apache
3.0.0 before 4.14.6; 4.15.0 before 4.18.1 · source: NVD
RH
Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33454
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33454
Vendor Advisory
https://camel.apache.org/security/CVE-2026-33454.html
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17668
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19835
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33454
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463181
security.access.redhat.com
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-33454.json
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