Critical 9.8Published Apr 27, 2026

CVE-2026-40860Apache Camel: Unsafe Deserialization of JMS ObjectMessage in camel-jms, camel-sjms, camel-sjms2 and camel-amqp

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JmsBinding.extractBodyFromJms() in camel-jms, and the equivalent JmsBinding class in camel-sjms, deserialized the payload of incoming JMS ObjectMessage values via javax.jms.ObjectMessage.getObject() without applying any ObjectInputFilter, class allowlist or class denylist. Because this code path is reached whenever the mapJmsMessage option is enabled (the default) and Camel acts as a JMS consumer, an attacker able to publish a crafted ObjectMessage to a queue or topic consumed by a Camel application could achieve remote code execution when a deserialization gadget chain was present on the classpath. The same handling was reached transitively through camel-sjms2 (whose Sjms2Endpoint extends SjmsEndpoint) and through camel-amqp (whose AMQPJmsBinding extends JmsBinding), and by other JMS-family components built on JmsComponent such as camel-activemq and camel-activemq6. This issue affects Apache Camel: from 3.0.0 before 4.14.7, from 4.15.0 before 4.18.2, from 4.19.0 before 4.20.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.20.0, which fixes the issue. If users are on the 4.14.x LTS releases stream, then they are suggested to upgrade to 4.14.7. If users are on the 4.18.x releases stream, then they are suggested to upgrade to 4.18.2.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-502
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: apache
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Sep 10, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Camel apache_software_foundation:apache_camel (from the name)	from 3.0.0 before 4.14.7; from 4.15.0 before 4.18.2; from 4.19.0 before 4.20.0	CNA record
Red Hat Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.18.1 for Spring Boot 3.5.14 redhat:apache_camel_spring_boot	4.18	CISA ADP
Red Hat Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.18 for Quarkus 3.33 redhat:apache_camel_quarkus	3.33	CISA ADP
Red Hat Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 redhat:camel_quarkus	3	CISA ADP
Red Hat Red Hat Fuse 7 redhat:jboss_fuse	7	CISA ADP
Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform	8	CISA ADP
Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack redhat:jbosseapxp	Versions not stated	CISA ADP
apache camel apache:camel	from 3.0.0 before 4.14.7; from 4.15.0 before 4.18.2; 4.19.0	NVD

References

References

https://camel.apache.org/security/CVE-2026-40860.html	vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/26/10	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17668
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22453
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40860
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463172
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-40860.json

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