Camel-castor component in Apache Camel is vulnerable to Java object de-serialisation

published 2017-11-15 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-vf4q-8mr7-5c5c , EUVD-2018-0695

cvss: 9.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 7.2%; EPSS 7.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits: 0; none known

The camel-castor component in Apache Camel 2.x before 2.19.4 and 2.20.x before 2.20.1 is vulnerable to Java object de-serialisation vulnerability. De-serializing untrusted data can lead to security flaws.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 6

maven org.apache.camel:camel-castor 2.19.4, 2.20.1
apache camel 2.19.4

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-12634 updated 2026-05-13 cvss 7.5

camel-castor: Apache Camel's Castor unmarshalling operation is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution attacks

Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 camel-castor camel-castor
affected: no fix available
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 camel-castor camel-castor
affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.3 Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0319

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

7.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.apache.camel:camel-castor	>=2.0.0, <2.19.4 >=2.20.0, <2.20.1	2.19.4 2.20.1

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Camel

Classification

Weakness

CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

github.com /apache/camel/commit/2ae645e90edff3bcc1b958cb53ddc5e60a7f49fd
web
github.com /apache/camel/commit/573ebd3de810cc7e239f175e1d2d6993f1f2ad08
web
github.com /apache/camel/commit/ad3c1ce9d8300c339cfa7d0f4a4dea691a947988
web
github.com /apache/camel/commit/adc06a78f04c8d798709a5818104abe5a8ae4b38
web
github.com /apache/camel/commit/bdff8f3f3583e4f14cdaf24f2037e0fbef252630
web
github.com /apache/camel/commit/c613905e95a3dab87158d9526aea9439f2de9621
web
access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:0319
vendor-advisory, web, third-party-advisory
issues.apache.org /jira/browse/CAMEL-11929
web, issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
camel.apache.org /security-advisories.data/CVE-2017-12634.txt.asc
web, issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/101876
vdb-entry, web, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
lists.apache.org /thread.html/b4014ea7c5830ca1fc28edd5cafedfe93ad4af2d9e69c961c5def31d%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
lists.apache.org /thread.html/2318d7f7d87724d8716cd650c21b31cb06e4d34f6d0f5ee42f28fdaf%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12634
advisory
github.com /advisories/GHSA-vf4q-8mr7-5c5c
advisory
github.com /apache/camel
package
lists.apache.org /thread.html/2318d7f7d87724d8716cd650c21b31cb06e4d34f6d0f5ee42f28fdaf@%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
web
lists.apache.org /thread.html/b4014ea7c5830ca1fc28edd5cafedfe93ad4af2d9e69c961c5def31d@%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary