Vulnerability · Published Oct 19, 2026 · Assigned by apache
CVE-2026-85312Apache Camel: Camel-Core Saga Participation Hijacking via the Unfiltered Long-Running-Action Header
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity improper input validation in Apache Camel from Apache Software Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Camel Core component. This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.0.0 before 4.18.5, from 4.19.0 before 4.22.1. The saga processor consulted a header named Long-Running-Action to decide which saga an exchange belonged to. The name carries no Camel prefix, so it sits outside the namespace that consumer header filters block, and an external sender could supply it on an inbound message. That let the sender name the saga the exchange joined, attaching their request to a long-running action started by someone else, or causing compensation to be associated with an action they did not initiate. The header is only consulted by a saga service that uses it, which bounds the exposure to deployments running sagas over an LRA coordinator. 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 header is now consulted only for a saga service that actually uses it, rather than on every exchange. For deployments that cannot upgrade immediately, strip the header at the trust boundary with removeHeaders("Long-Running-Action") on every consumer that accepts messages from an untrusted sender.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Camel | 4.0.0 – before 4.18.54.19.0 – before 4.22.1 |
Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- Apache Camel Security Advisory - CVE-2026-85312 vendor-advisory
- CAMEL-24449 issue-tracking
- Fix on main, released in 4.23.0 (commit dfde003151a0753f997f9eea7d071097f4b00db2) patch
- Backport to camel-4.22.x, released in 4.22.1 (commit 260989268cbc6d258b1fcba63770be8ebbec40cb) patch
- Backport to camel-4.18.x, released in 4.18.5 (commit af1efbcccf5882b1ef0094db718972da3190e7e9) patch