Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity Affecting apache-activemq-6.2 package, versions <6.2.8-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.22% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-APACHEACTIVEMQ62-18312631
  • published26 Jul 2026
  • disclosed27 Apr 2026

Introduced: 27 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-40453  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-178  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest apache-activemq-6.2 to version 6.2.8-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream apache-activemq-6.2 package and not the apache-activemq-6.2 package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

The fix for CVE-2025-27636 added setLowerCase(true) to HttpHeaderFilterStrategy so that case-variant header names such as 'CAmelExecCommandExecutable' are filtered out alongside 'CamelExecCommandExecutable'. The same setLowerCase(true) call was not applied to five non-HTTP HeaderFilterStrategy implementations: JmsHeaderFilterStrategy and ClassicJmsHeaderFilterStrategy in camel-jms, SjmsHeaderFilterStrategy in camel-sjms, CoAPHeaderFilterStrategy in camel-coap, and GooglePubsubHeaderFilterStrategy in camel-google-pubsub. Because those strategies use case-sensitive String.startsWith('Camel'/'camel') filtering while the Camel Exchange stores headers in a case-insensitive map, an attacker with JMS (or equivalent) producer access to the broker consumed by a Camel route can inject case-variant Camel internal headers, which are then resolved by downstream components such as camel-exec and camel-file using their canonical casing. This enables remote code execution and arbitrary file write on routes that forward JMS messages to header-driven components.

This issue affects Apache Camel: from 3.0.0 before 4.14.6, 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 4.14.6. If users are on the 4.18.x releases stream, then they are suggested to upgrade to 4.18.2.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1