Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache Camel - CVE-2026-27172
Published: August 25, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU145334
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-27172
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to unsafe deserialization in the ConsulRegistry deserialize method in camel-consul when processing Java-serialized values read from the Consul KV store. A remote user can write a malicious serialized Java object to the Consul KV store to execute arbitrary code.
Exploitation occurs when Camel performs a lookup against the affected registry.
Affected software
Apache Camel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-27172
Install security update from vendor's website.
Apache Camel - addressed in versions 4.14.6, 4.18.1, 4.19.0