Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. Important 2026-07-06T08:04:32 org.apache.camel/camel-cxf: Apache Camel CXF SOAP: Remote attacker can execute unintended operations via header manipulation 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CWE-639

Improper Input Validation, Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy') vulnerability in Apache Camel CXF SOAP component. The camel-cxf producer selects which SOAP operation to invoke on the backend service from the operationName (and operationNamespace) Exchange header, whose constant values (CxfConstants.OPERATION_NAME / OPERATION_NAMESPACE) were the plain strings operationName / operationNamespace. 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 cxf: producer, any HTTP client could therefore set the operationName header and have CxfProducer resolve and invoke a different WSDL operation than the route intended - for example replacing a read operation with a destructive one - against the backend SOAP service (a confused-deputy redirection). The constant is defined in the shared camel-cxf-common module, so the same non-prefixed names also applied to camel-cxfrs. No credentials are required when the bridging consumer is unauthenticated. This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.0.0 before 4.14.8, from 4.15.0 before 4.18.3, from 4.19.0 before 4.21.0. 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. After upgrading, the operation-selection headers are named CamelCxfOperationName / CamelCxfOperationNamespace and are filtered at transport boundaries; see the 4.21 upgrade guide for the cross-transport carrier-header pattern. For deployments that cannot upgrade immediately, do not select the CXF operation from untrusted input: strip the operationName and operationNamespace headers from any untrusted ingress before the cxf: producer and set the operation from a trusted source in the route.

A flaw was found in the Apache Camel CXF SOAP component. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by manipulating the `operationName` header in an unauthenticated HTTP request. This improper input validation allows the attacker to force the `CxfProducer` to invoke unintended SOAP operations on the backend service. This could lead to a 'confused deputy' scenario, where a read operation is replaced with a destructive one, impacting the integrity of the backend service.

This is an Important flaw in the Apache Camel CXF SOAP component, allowing a remote, unauthenticated attacker to manipulate SOAP operation names via HTTP headers. When an HTTP consumer bridges into a `cxf:` producer, an attacker can force the backend service to execute unintended operations, potentially replacing read operations with destructive ones. This 'confused deputy' scenario impacts the integrity of services utilizing affected Red Hat build of Apache Camel and Enterprise Application Platform configurations. To mitigate this issue, ensure that the `operationName` and `operationNamespace` headers are not sourced from untrusted input when bridging an HTTP consumer to a `cxf:` producer in Apache Camel routes. Configure the route to explicitly strip these headers from any untrusted ingress before they reach the `cxf:` producer. Subsequently, set the intended SOAP operation from a trusted, internal source within the route. This prevents a remote attacker from manipulating backend service operations. Changes to route configurations may require a service restart to take effect. Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 Affected camel-cxf-common Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 Affected camel-cxf-common Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack Not affected camel-cxf-common https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46592 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46592 https://camel.apache.org/security/CVE-2026-46592.html