CVE-2026-40473

HIGH LAB

Apache Camel Mina: Unsafe Deserialization in MinaConverter.toObjectInput() via TCP/UDP

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2026-40473. PoCs published by dinosn.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The repository contains functional exploit code for CVE-2026-40473, demonstrating an unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Apache Camel's camel-mina component. The exploit leverages a raw TCP endpoint with disabled codecs to bypass MINA's filtering and achieve remote code execution via a CommonsCollections6 gadget chain.

Description

The camel-mina component's MinaConverter.toObjectInput(IoBuffer) type converter wraps an IoBuffer in a java.io.ObjectInputStream without applying any ObjectInputFilter or class-loading restrictions. When a Camel route uses camel-mina as a TCP or UDP consumer and requests conversion to ObjectInput (for example via getBody(ObjectInput.class) or @Body ObjectInput), an attacker sending a crafted serialized Java object over the network to the MINA consumer port can trigger arbitrary code execution in the context of the application during readObject(). 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.

Exploits (2)

github WORKING POC
by dinosn · pythonpoc
https://github.com/dinosn/CVE-2026-33453

The repository contains functional exploit code for CVE-2026-40473, demonstrating an unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Apache Camel's camel-mina component. The exploit leverages a raw TCP endpoint with disabled codecs to bypass MINA's filtering and achieve remote code execution via a CommonsCollections6 gadget chain.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Apache Camel 4.18.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Docker · Python 3.8+ · Java 17+ · ysoserial
devstral-2 · analyzed May 17, 2026 Full analysis →
github WORKING POC
by dinosn · pythonpoc
https://github.com/dinosn/apache-camel

The repository contains functional exploit code for CVE-2026-40473, demonstrating an unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Apache Camel's MINA component. The exploit leverages a raw TCP endpoint with disabled codecs to bypass filtering and achieve remote code execution via a CommonsCollections6 gadget chain.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Apache Camel 4.18.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Docker · Python 3.8+ · Java 17+ · ysoserial
devstral-2 · analyzed Apr 28, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0073
EPSS Percentile 49.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Lab Environment

COMMUNITY
Community Lab
docker pull eclipse-temurin:17-jre
docker pull infinispan/server:15.0

Details

CWE
CWE-502
Status published
Products (6)
apache/camel 4.19.0
apache/camel 3.0.0 - 4.14.6
Apache Software Foundation/Apache Camel Mina 3.0.0 - 4.14.6
Apache Software Foundation/Apache Camel Mina 4.15.0 - 4.18.2
Apache Software Foundation/Apache Camel Mina 4.19.0 - 4.20.0
org.apache.camel/camel-mina 3.0.0 - 4.14.6Maven
Published Apr 27, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 27, 2026