CVE-2026-49098

A flaw was found in the Apache Camel Kafka Component. A remote attacker can exploit an improper input validation vulnerability by manipulating specific Kafka headers, such as kafka.OVERRIDETOPIC, when an HTTP consumer bridges into a Kafka producer. This allows the attacker to redirect messages to...

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

Improper Input Validation, Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component 'Injection' vulnerability in Apache Camel Kafka Component. The camel-kafka producer can override its configured target topic at runtime from the kafka.OVERRIDETOPIC Exchange header:...