Apache Camel prior to 2.24.0 contains an XML external entity injection (XXE) vulnerability (CWE-611) due to using an outdated vulnerable…

Description

Apache Camel prior to 2.24.0 contains an XML external entity injection (XXE) vulnerability (CWE-611) due to using an outdated vulnerable JSON-lib library. This affects only the camel-xmljson component, which was removed.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

9.8% · top 4.4% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• XML external entity injection (XXE)
• CWE-611 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-611 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Apache · Apache Camel

  • affected Apache Camel versions prior to 2.24.0

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Mavenorg.apache.camel:camel-coreGHSA-h896-mx9x-g32g (opens in a new tab)
• Mavenorg.apache.camel:camel-xmljsonGHSA-h896-mx9x-g32g (opens in a new tab)

References (16)

• JVN#71498764 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
• 108422 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [camel-users] 20190524 [SECURITY][ERRATA-CORRIGE] New security advisory CVE-2019-0188 released for Apache Camel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20190524 [SECURITY][ERRATA-CORRIGE] New security advisory CVE-2019-0188 released for Apache Camel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tamaya-commits] 20190607 [GitHub] [incubator-tamaya-sandbox] peculater opened a new pull request #30: TAMAYA-410 bump camel-core version past CVE-2019-0188 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tamaya-dev] 20190607 [jira] [Created] (TAMAYA-410) Update camel-core dependency past CVE-2019-0188 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tamaya-commits] 20190607 [incubator-tamaya-sandbox] branch master updated: TAMAYA-410 bump camel-core version past CVE-2019-0188 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tamaya-commits] 20190607 [GitHub] [incubator-tamaya-sandbox] peculater merged pull request #30: TAMAYA-410 bump camel-core version past CVE-2019-0188 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tamaya-dev] 20190607 [jira] [Closed] (TAMAYA-410) Update camel-core dependency past CVE-2019-0188 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tamaya-dev] 20190607 [jira] [Commented] (TAMAYA-410) Update camel-core dependency past CVE-2019-0188 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tamaya-commits] 20190607 [GitHub] [incubator-tamaya-sandbox] ottlinger commented on issue #30: TAMAYA-410 bump camel-core version past CVE-2019-0188 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [activemq-issues] 20190723 [jira] [Created] (AMQ-7249) Security Vulnerabilities in the ActiveMQ dependent jars. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://github.com/apache/camel/blob/master/docs/user-manual/en/security-advisories/CVE-2019-0188.txt.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-h896-mx9x-g32g (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 4 Aug 2024, 17:44 UTC.