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CVE-2026-49098

Improper Input Validation, Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') vulnerability in Apache Camel Kafka Component. The camel-kafka producer can override its configured target topic at runtime from the kafka.OVERRIDE_TOPIC Exchange header: KafkaProducer.evaluateTopic() returns the header value in preference to the topic configured on the endpoint. The control-header constants in KafkaConstants (for example OVERRIDE_TOPIC = kafka.OVERRIDE_

Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:638cb7852b08a5987b1d25edb7a8e804045a7bef20df50550c52d762fd79787b

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Conflicts

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-74","description":"CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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{"cweId":"CWE-20","description":"CWE-20 Improper Input Validation","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Affected products and versions

1 source assertion

{"collectionURL":"https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2","defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"org.apache.camel:camel-kafka","product":"Apache Camel","vendor":"Apache Software Foundation","versions":[{"lessThan":"4.14.8","status":"affected","version":"4.0.0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThan":"4.18.3","status":"affected","version":"4.15.0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThan":"4.21.0","status":"affected","version":"4.19.0","versionType":"semver"}]}

cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":5.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
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CWE assertions

2 source assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-74","description":"CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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{"cweId":"CWE-20","description":"CWE-20 Improper Input Validation","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Source references

2 source assertions

{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/05/23"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://camel.apache.org/security/CVE-2026-49098.html"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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Attribution and limitations

CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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