6.5
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-85254
Apache Camel: Camel-Platform-HTTP Request-Header Echo Suppression Bypassed by Header-Name Casing
Description

Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity vulnerability in Apache Camel Platform HTTP component. This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.0.0 before 4.18.5, from 4.19.0 before 4.22.1. The guard that prevents a request header being reflected into the response compared header names case sensitively, while HTTP header names are case insensitive. A caller could therefore defeat the suppression simply by varying the case of the header name. HTTP/2 makes the problem unconditional rather than optional: the protocol requires header names to be lowercase on the wire, so the comparison never matched and the suppression was inert for every request on an HTTP/2 connection. The consequence is that content the caller chose is echoed back in the response, which is the basis for response-splitting and cache-poisoning style attacks against whatever sits in front of the Camel endpoint. Upgrade to Apache Camel 4.23.0, which fixes the issue. Users on the 4.18.x LTS releases stream should upgrade to 4.18.5. Users on the 4.22.x LTS releases stream should upgrade to 4.22.1. Request header names are now compared case insensitively, so the suppression holds regardless of casing and works under HTTP/2. For deployments that cannot upgrade immediately, strip the headers in question in front of the Camel endpoint, or remove them from the response in the route rather than relying on the built-in suppression.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 19, 2026, 11:17 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 19, 2026, 11:17 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apache camel
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM f0158376-9dc2-43b6-827c-5f631a4d8d09
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM MITRE-CVE
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Upgrade Apache Camel to a patched version to properly handle case sensitivity in HTTP header names.
  • Upgrade Apache Camel to 4.23.0 or later.
  • For LTS, upgrade to 4.18.5 or 4.22.1.
  • Alternatively, strip or remove headers in front of Camel.
  • Ensure case-insensitive header name comparison.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2026-85254.

URL Resource
https://camel.apache.org/security/CVE-2026-85254.html
https://github.com/apache/camel/pull/25831
https://github.com/apache/camel/pull/25940
https://github.com/apache/camel/pull/25942
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAMEL-24453
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Oct. 19, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity vulnerability in Apache Camel Platform HTTP component. This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.0.0 before 4.18.5, from 4.19.0 before 4.22.1. The guard that prevents a request header being reflected into the response compared header names case sensitively, while HTTP header names are case insensitive. A caller could therefore defeat the suppression simply by varying the case of the header name. HTTP/2 makes the problem unconditional rather than optional: the protocol requires header names to be lowercase on the wire, so the comparison never matched and the suppression was inert for every request on an HTTP/2 connection. The consequence is that content the caller chose is echoed back in the response, which is the basis for response-splitting and cache-poisoning style attacks against whatever sits in front of the Camel endpoint. Upgrade to Apache Camel 4.23.0, which fixes the issue. Users on the 4.18.x LTS releases stream should upgrade to 4.18.5. Users on the 4.22.x LTS releases stream should upgrade to 4.22.1. Request header names are now compared case insensitively, so the suppression holds regardless of casing and works under HTTP/2. For deployments that cannot upgrade immediately, strip the headers in question in front of the Camel endpoint, or remove them from the response in the route rather than relying on the built-in suppression.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-178
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/85xxx/CVE-2026-85254.json">CVE-2026-85254</a>
    Added Reference https://camel.apache.org/security/CVE-2026-85254.html
    Added Reference https://github.com/apache/camel/pull/25831
    Added Reference https://github.com/apache/camel/pull/25940
    Added Reference https://github.com/apache/camel/pull/25942
    Added Reference https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAMEL-24453
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