Improper input validation in Apache Software Foundation Camel
CVE-2026-85314
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Camel Mail component. This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.0.0 before 4.18.5, from 4.19.0 before 4.22.1. CVE-2026-46584 addressed mail headers reaching the Exchange without passing through a header filter, but the MimeMultipart data format retained an unfiltered path: unmarshalling a multipart message mapped mail.smtp headers onto the Exchange with no filter applied. Those names sit outside the Camel namespace that consumer filters block, so a message crafted by an external sender could still set them, and the mail.smtp namespace influences how a downstream mail producer connects and sends. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2026-46584 rather than a new class of defect: a deployment that applied that advisory and considered camel-mail settled remained exposed on this path. Upgrade to Apache Camel 4.23.0, which fixes the issue. Users on the 4.18.x LTS releases stream should upgrade to 4.18.5. Users on the 4.22.x LTS releases stream should upgrade to 4.22.1. The MimeMultipart data format now applies the header filter on unmarshal, closing the path CVE-2026-46584 left open. For deployments that cannot upgrade immediately, strip the namespace after the data format with removeHeaders("mail.smtp*") before any mail producer.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (29.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
The 30-day trend appears once there are two daily scores.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- camel.apache.org/security/CVE-2026-85314.html (vendor-advisory)
- issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAMEL-24419 (issue-tracking)
- github.com/apache/camel/pull/25568 (patch)
- github.com/apache/camel/pull/25765 (patch)
- github.com/apache/camel/pull/25766 (patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-85314?
- CVE-2026-85314 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Camel, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-10-19.
- How severe is CVE-2026-85314?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2026-85314 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.