Apache Camel K up to 2.8.0/2.9.1/2.10.0 external reference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apache Camel K up to 2.8.0/2.9.1/2.10.0 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to external reference. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-45760. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apache Camel K up to 2.8.0/2.9.1/2.10.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a external reference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-610. The product uses an externally controlled name or reference that resolves to a resource that is outside of the intended control sphere. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

(Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere), (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) vulnerability in Apache Camel K. Authorized users in a Kubernetes namespace can create a Build resource, controlling the Pod generation in a namespace of their choice, including the operator namespace. This issue affects Apache Camel K: from 2.0.0 before 2.8.1, from 2.9.0 before 2.9.2, from 2.10.0 before 2.10.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.10.1 (or 2.8.1 or 2.9.2), which fixes the issue.

The advisory is shared for download at camel.apache.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-45760 since 05/13/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/22/2026).

Upgrading to version 2.8.1, 2.9.2 or 2.10.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-31268). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Apache

Name

• Camel K

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.8.0
• 2.9
• 2.9.0
• 2.9.1
• 2.10.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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