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Medium [CVE-2026-48206] Improper Input Validation, Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in Apache Camel JIRA component

This medium-severity Apache Software Foundation advisory covers CVE-2026-48206 affecting Apache Camel JIRA.

CVE-2026-48206 Published Jul 6, 2026Updated by vendor Jul 8, 2026
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Summary

Improper Input Validation, Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in Apache Camel JIRA component. The camel-jira producers read their operation parameters - the issue key, project key, transition id, summary, type, assignee, components, watchers, link type, work-log minutes and others - from Exchange message headers.

The header constants defined in JiraConstants (for example ISSUE_KEY = IssueKey, ISSUE_PROJECT_KEY = ProjectKey, ISSUE_TRANSITION_ID = IssueTransitionId, LINK_TYPE = linkType) used plain, non-Camel-prefixed values.

Because these names do not start with the Camel / camel prefix, HttpHeaderFilterStrategy - which blocks only the Camel header namespace on the HTTP boundary - let them pass from an inbound HTTP request straight into the Exchange.

In a route that bridges an HTTP consumer (for example platform-http) into a jira: producer, any HTTP client could therefore supply these headers and override the values the route intended, driving JIRA operations against the configured JIRA instance with the endpoint's configured service-account credentials - for example deleting or transitioning an arbitrary issue (via IssueKey / IssueTransitionId), creating an issue in a different project (via ProjectKey), modifying issue fields, adding or removing watchers, or logging work.

Affected versions
  • 4.0.0 through 4.14.8
  • 4.15.0 through 4.18.3
  • 4.19.0 through 4.21.0.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Fixed versions
  • 4.21.0
  • 4.14.8
  • 4.18.3

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation
  • Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.21.0, which fixes the issue.
  • If users are on the 4.14.x LTS releases stream, then they are suggested to upgrade to 4.14.8.
  • If users are on the 4.18.x releases stream, then they are suggested to upgrade to 4.18.3.
  • For deployments that cannot upgrade immediately, strip the camel-jira control headers from any untrusted ingress before the jira: producer (for example removing the IssueKey, ProjectKey, IssueTransitionId and related headers at the start of the route), and set the required JIRA operation parameters from a trusted source.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

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