GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-583r-f84w-33g7 Apache Camel-Dapr: The Dapr Pub/Sub consumer copied the inbound CloudEvent's pub/sub-name and topic into producer-direction routing headers
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-49086
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.apache.camel:camel-dapr
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-28
Affected packages
• Maven org.apache.camel:camel-dapr: >= 4.12.0, < 4.14.8 → fixed in 4.14.8
• Maven org.apache.camel:camel-dapr: >= 4.15.0, < 4.18.3 → fixed in 4.18.3
• Maven org.apache.camel:camel-dapr: >= 4.19.0, < 4.21.0 → fixed in 4.21.0
Description
Improper Input Validation, Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy') vulnerability in Apache Camel DAPR component.
The camel-dapr Dapr Pub/Sub consumer (DaprPubSubConsumer) copied two fields from each inbound CloudEvent - its Pub/Sub component name and its topic - into the CamelDaprPubSubName and CamelDaprTopic Exchange headers. These two headers are producer-direction routing headers: when the route republishes through a Dapr producer, DaprConfigurationOptionsProxy reads them back and prefers them over the destination configured on the endpoint. As a result, in a route that consumes from one Dapr Pub/Sub topic and republishes to another (for example from('dapr-pubsub:p:t').to('dapr-pubsub:p:other')), an actor able to publish a message to the subscribed topic could set the CloudEvent's pub/sub-name and topic to values of their choosing and cause the re-published message to be delivered to an arbitrary Dapr Pub/Sub component and topic instead of the configured destination - redirecting or exfiltrating the message and bypassing the route's intended routing and any topic-level access controls in the underlying broker. Exploitation requires the ability to publish to the topic the route subscribes to; no other authentication or user interaction is needed.
This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.12.0 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. For deployments that cannot upgrade immediately, remove the CamelDaprPubSubName and CamelDaprTopic headers from the Exchange between the Dapr consumer and any Dapr producer in the route (for example removeHeaders('CamelDaprPubSubName', 'CamelDaprTopic')), and restrict who can publish to the subscribed Dapr Pub/Sub topic so that only trusted producers can send to it.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-49086 Improper Input Validation, Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy') vulnerability in Apache Camel DAPR component. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49086 advisory
- https://github.com/apache/camel/pull/23886 web
- https://github.com/apache/camel/pull/23889 web
- https://github.com/apache/camel/pull/23905 web
- https://github.com/apache/camel/commit/72d13bd13fb5960ea1b367a2e379f017c1720c5c web
- https://github.com/apache/camel/commit/86276a2ccc2cf8b09d7efeb38d9770845c4e1bea web
- https://github.com/apache/camel/commit/c6fc9bb21670e5c65ea14df0f3f29baef78c2028 web
- https://camel.apache.org/security/CVE-2026-49086.html web
- https://github.com/apache/camel package
- https://github.com/apache/camel/releases/tag/camel-4.14.8 web
- https://github.com/apache/camel/releases/tag/camel-4.18.3 web
- https://github.com/apache/camel/releases/tag/camel-4.21.0 web
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAMEL-23630 web
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/05/21 web