Authentication Bypass in org.apache.camel:camel-platform-http-main (CVE-2026-66908)
Summary
Authentication bypass in org.apache.camel:camel-platform-http-main (CVE-2026-66908). Data can be tampered with by attackers. Mitigation: upgrade to 4.22.0 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Improper Authentication vulnerability in Apache Camel Platform HTTP Main component.
This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.8.0 before 4.22.0.
The camel-main embedded HTTP server can protect its endpoints with JWT authentication, configured through authenticationEnabled together with the JWT keystore properties. JWTAuthenticationConfigurer.buildJwtOptions returned null when neither jwtIssuer nor jwtAudience was configured, and the caller then skipped the JWTAuthOptions.setJWTOptions call entirely, so the Vert.x JWTAuth instance was built from the keystore alone. The result was that inbound tokens were checked only for signature and expiry: the iss and aud claims were not validated at all. Nothing signalled this - the server started normally and reported no warning - so a deployment configured the documented way silently enforced less than the operator believed it had enabled, and the component documentation itself presented signature and expiry checking as the default with issuer and audience as an optional extra. Both the application server and the management server were affected, because the omission was in each of the two configureAuthentication paths. Any unexpired token signed by any key the configured keystore trusts was therefore accepted, regardless of which issuer minted it or which audience it was intended for. How far that reaches depends on the trust set of the keystore: where the signing key belongs to a shared or multi-tenant identity provider, a token legitim…
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-66908 has been found in org.apache.camel:camel-platform-http-main.
Data can be tampered with by attackers. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: upgrade org.apache.camel:camel-platform-http-main to 4.22.0 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "org.apache.camel:camel-platform-http-main CVE-2026-66908" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-66908 (org.apache.camel:camel-platform-http-main) — CWE-287 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 4.22.0 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Authentication bypass (CWE-287) exists in org.apache.camel:camel-platform-http-main.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of org.apache.camel:camel-platform-http-main.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Data can be tampered with by attackers.
Update to 4.22.0.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで org.apache.camel:camel-platform-http-main を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Apply patch patch
Upgrade org.apache.camel:camel-platform-http-main to 4.22.0ステージング環境で 4.22.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web camel.apache.org
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