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CVE-2026-80351

Eval injection in Apache Camel K lets tenants run code with operator privileges

CVSS 3.1
9.8 critical
EPSS
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Published
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Modified
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Apache Camel K contains an eval injection flaw (CWE-95) in its handling of dynamically evaluated Maven configuration. When tenant-controlled Maven repository content is processed, it is evaluated inside the Camel K operator pod without proper neutralization of directives, allowing repository content to steer code execution. A tenant can potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the operator, which in multi-tenant clusters may enable cross-tenant compromise because the operator typically manages integrations across namespaces. Users running Apache Camel K from 2.0.0 before 2.9.3, and from 2.10.1 before 2.10.2, are affected, especially multi-tenant deployments where tenants can influence Maven repository settings. No public proof-of-concept or in-the-wild exploitation is known, the issue is not in CISA KEV, and a CVSS score has not yet been assigned.

What to do: Upgrade to Apache Camel K 2.9.3, 2.10.2, or 2.11.0, which fix the issue. Until patched, restrict or review tenants' ability to customize Maven repositories and settings, and review the operator pod's RBAC permissions to assess the blast radius of a tenant-triggered code execution. Multi-tenant operators should treat this as priority patching since tenant-supplied configuration reaches operator-level execution.

ProductAffected
Apache Camel Kfrom 2.0.0 before 2.9.3
Apache Camel Kfrom 2.10.1 before 2.10.2
Estimated exposure
nichelikely only thousands of clusters (specialized Apache Kubernetes operator; no public install statistics available) — Camel K is a niche Kubernetes operator for running Camel integrations, deployed mainly in enterprise cloud-native integration stacks, with no public active-install counts, so exposure is plausibly limited to a low-thousands order of…

Order-of-magnitude estimate by the model from install counts, market share and public scan data it knows; verify before quoting.

Description · NVD

Improper neutralization of directives in dynamically evaluated code ('eval injection') vulnerability in Apache Camel K. An improper neutralization of directives in dynamically evaluated Maven configuration allows tenant-controlled repository content to influence code execution within the operator pod, potentially enabling tenants to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the operator. This issue affects Apache Camel K: from 2.0.0 before 2.9.3, from 2.10.1 before 2.10.2. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.9.3, 2.10.2 or 2.11.0, which fixes the issue.

Vendors
apache
Products
camel
Weakness
CWE-95
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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