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Fencer Vulns
high 8.2

CVE-2026-40022 json

Apache Camel Platform HTTP Main: Authentication Bypass on Non-Root Context Paths in camel main runtime

published 2026-04-27 6 mo ago modified 2026-10-26 13 d ago also EUVD-2026-25807 , GHSA-27vm-5vpj-rp5g

cvss
8.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 61%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

When authentication is enabled on the Apache Camel embedded HTTP server or embedded management server (camel-platform-http-main) and a non-root context path such as /api or /admin is configured via camel.server.path or camel.management.path, the BasicAuthenticationConfigurer and JWTAuthenticationConfigurer classes derive the authentication path from properties.getPath() when camel.server.authenticationPath / camel.management.authenticationPath is not explicitly set. Combined with the Vert.x sub-router mounting model - the sub-router is mounted at _path_* and the authentication handler is registered inside the sub-router at the resolved path - this causes the authentication handler to match only the exact configured context path, not its subpaths. Unauthenticated requests to subpaths such as /api/_route_ or /admin/observe/info therefore reach protected business routes and management endpoints without being challenged for credentials. The /observe/info endpoint can disclose runtime metadata such as the user, working directory, home directory, process ID, JVM and operating system information.

This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.14.1 before 4.14.6, from 4.18.0 before 4.18.2.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.20.0, which fixes the issue. If users are on the 4.14.x LTS releases stream, they are suggested to upgrade to 4.14.6. If users are on the 4.18.x LTS releases stream, they are suggested to upgrade to 4.18.2.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.camel:camel-platform-http-main 4.14.6, 4.18.2, 4.20.0
  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Camel Platform HTTP Main 4.14.6, 4.18.2

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-2026-40022 updated cvss 8.2

camel-http: Apache Camel: Information disclosure and authentication bypass in embedded HTTP/management servers

  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.18.1 for Spring Boot 3.5.14
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:17668
  • Red Hat OpenShift Serverless openshift-serverless-1/kn-eventing-integrations-log-sink-rhel9, openshift-serverless-1/kn-eventing-integrations-aws-s3-sink-rhel9, openshift-serverless-1/kn-eventing-integrations-aws-sns-sink-rhel9, openshift-serverless-1/kn-eventing-integrations-aws-sqs-sink-rhel9, openshift-serverless-1/kn-eventing-integrations-timer-source-rhel9, openshift-serverless-1/kn-eventing-integrations-aws-s3-source-rhel9, +2 more Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 camel-http, camel-http-base, camel-http-common Red Hat Fuse 7 camel-http, camel-http4, camel-http-base, camel-http-common, camel-http-starter, camel-http4-starter, +1 more Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 camel-http, camel-http-base, camel-http-common Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack camel-http, camel-http-base, camel-http-common Red Hat Process Automation 7 camel-http-common
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 camel-http-common
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
6 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CNA 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.camel:camel-platform-http-main
>=4.14.1, <4.14.6
>=4.18.0, <4.18.2
>=4.19.0, <4.20.0
4.14.6
4.18.2
4.20.0

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Camel Platform HTTP Main
  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.18.1 for Spring Boot 3.5.14
  • Red Hat OpenShift Serverless
  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3
  • Red Hat Red Hat Fuse 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
  • Red Hat Red Hat Process Automation 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat Single Sign-On 7

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
  • CWE-551 Incorrect Behavior Order: Authorization Before Parsing and Canonicalization
Technology feeds

References

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.

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