CVE-2026-42527
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Apache Camel: Permissive default ObjectInputFilter pattern admits java.net.** and enables DNS-based information disclosure
rank 20 = 15 + 0 + 0 + 5 + 0
rank@v1 · backlog
Someone is already using it
CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS
EPSS 0.00668 · without this subject the record ranks 5
What it costs you if it fires
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no CVSS held by anyone · without this subject the record ranks 20
It is getting worse, not staying still
FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed
no persisting rise in 365 days · without this subject the record ranks 20
How much of the world it touches
NVD CPE configurations
3 products in the CPE ranges · without this subject the record ranks 15
Someone else already set the date
CISA KEV remediation due date
no CISA due date · without this subject the record ranks 20
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Foresight · where to check next
This record is one instance of CWE-502, deserialization of untrusted data. The index holds 3288 prior instances of this class, 76 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. taxonomy@v1
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Current rung: Proof-of-concept published · 1 public repository, 2026-07-11.
- RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
- RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published · 1 public repository2026-07-11receipt
- RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed
- RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known
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What it is stated by the CNA
Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Apache Camel. The default ObjectInputFilter pattern shipped with several Apache Camel components for defense-in-depth deserialization filtering ('java.**;javax.**;org.apache.camel.**;!*', or the no-'javax.**' variant in the aggregation-repository components) uses a recursive 'java.**' glob that admits classes whose hashCode/equals/readObject methods perform network I/O, notably java.net.URL and java.net.InetAddress. receipt
Read the rest of the CNA's description
When an attacker can deliver a Java-serialized payload to an affected Camel consumer, deserialization of a HashMap (or any collection that calls hashCode on its elements) containing java.net.URL keys causes the JVM to issue DNS queries to the attacker-supplied host during the deserialization side-effect. The class-level filter check passes because the resulting object's class (HashMap) is allow-listed; the DNS query is observable on an attacker-controlled DNS server, providing an out-of-band side channel. The exposure is highest on the camel-jms family because JmsBinding.extractBodyFromJms invokes ObjectMessage.getObject() unconditionally when mapJmsMessage=true (default). Affected components: camel-jms, camel-sjms, camel-amqp, camel-mina, camel-netty, camel-netty-http, camel-vertx-http, camel-infinispan, and the aggregation repository components camel-leveldb, camel-cassandraql, camel-consul, camel-sql (JDBC aggregation repository). This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.14.0 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 a version that contains the CAMEL-23372 fix once available: 4.21.0 for the 4.21.x line, 4.18.3 for the 4.18.x line, and 4.14.8 for the 4.14.x line. For deployments that cannot upgrade immediately, configure a JMS-provider-side allow-list (Apache ActiveMQ Artemis 'deserializationAllowList' / 'deserializationDenyList', Apache ActiveMQ Classic 'org.apache.activemq.SERIALIZABLE_PACKAGES') as the primary mitigation, and/or override the in-code default via the endpoint-level 'deserializationFilter' option or the JVM-wide '-Djdk.serialFilter' system property with an explicit deny: '!java.net.**;java.**;javax.**;org.apache.camel.**;!*' (or '!java.net.**;java.**;org.apache.camel.**;!*' for the aggregation-repository components, which do not include javax.**).
NVD's analysis a second authority
- weakness
- CWE-502
- affected versions
- apache camel >= 4.14.0 < 4.14.8; apache camel >= 4.18.0 < 4.18.3; apache camel 4.20.0
- also scored by
- 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The pattern, elsewhere
This record is one instance of CWE-502, deserialization of untrusted data. The index holds 3288 prior instances of this class, 76 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. [email protected]
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