Apache Camel-Kafka: The kafka.OVERRIDE_TOPIC (and other kafka.*) Exchange header constants used non-Camel-prefixed names that bypass the upstream HTTP header filter

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.0061, the 49th percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:19 UTC First seen by agentprime
2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:19 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-mm84-qvjh-hcj7
• OSV: GHSA-mm84-qvjh-hcj7
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49098
• github.com/apache/camel/pull/23602
• github.com/apache/camel/pull/23629
• github.com/apache/camel/pull/23632
• github.com/apache/camel/commit/93cd4c4e1d1619d71aa9b56c3850d4d6ccd74375
• github.com/apache/camel/commit/d4c6fd85358b65d99dfe26722278eaf35fd0029c
• github.com/apache/camel/commit/f8914a219ad473811c01562b5b85e83ba583b583
• camel.apache.org/security/CVE-2026-49098.html
• github.com/apache/camel
• github.com/apache/camel/releases/tag/camel-4.14.8
• github.com/apache/camel/releases/tag/camel-4.18.3
• github.com/apache/camel/releases/tag/camel-4.21.0

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.