Medium6.5Red Hat Linux Updated
Message redirection and injection via header manipulation
CVE-2026-49098 Published Jul 6, 2026Updated by vendor Jul 6, 2026
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat LinuxUnclassified
Summary
Message redirection and injection via header manipulation. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 6.5). Weakness: CWE-20.
Affected versions
- < 4.0.0
- < 4.14.8
- < 4.15.0
- < 4.18.3
- < 4.19.0
- < 4.21.0
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 7 hours ago·verify at source
Fixed versions
- 4.21.0
- 4.14
- 4.14.8
- 4.18
- 4.18.3
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 7 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
Recommended fix / mitigation
- Strip the kafka.* headers from untrusted inbound messages before the Kafka producer (for example removeHeaders('kafka.*') at the start of the route), and set the target topic from a trusted source.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 7 hours ago·verify at source
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