Apache Camel: Camel-Keycloak Issuer Validation Bypass When the Introspection Response Omits the iss Claim (Apache Software Foundation Apache Camel)

CVE-2026-85301
MEDIUM 4.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.30 % · percentile 23 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
apache
NVD status
Undergoing Analysis

Description

Improper Authentication vulnerability in Apache Camel Keycloak component. This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.15.0 before 4.18.5, from 4.19.0 before 4.22.1. The security processor validated the issuer of an introspected token only when the introspection response actually carried an iss claim. When the claim was absent the check was skipped rather than treated as a failure, so a token that the configured issuer did not mint could be accepted provided the introspection endpoint answered without naming an issuer. Reaching this requires an introspection endpoint that omits iss and accepts tokens from more than one issuer, which is not the default Keycloak arrangement, hence the low severity; where that arrangement exists the consequence is that the deployment authenticates a caller it should have rejected. 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. An absent iss claim is now treated as a validation failure rather than as a reason to skip the check. For deployments that cannot upgrade immediately, ensure the introspection endpoint returns the iss claim, and that it serves exactly one issuer.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Napache
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NNVD · security@apache.org (Secondary)

European references

Affected products

ProductVersions
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Camelaffected 4.15.0 < 4.18.5 ; affected 4.19.0 < 4.22.1 ; unaffected 4.18.5 ; unaffected 4.22.1 ; unaffected 4.23.0

Sources

SourceLicence
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ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
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