Description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Apache Camel SMB component.



This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.2.0 before 4.18.5, from 4.19.0 before 4.22.1.



The Camel remote-file consumers poll a directory on a remote server and build the absolute remote path of each file by concatenating the configured directory with the file name reported in the server's directory listing. That concatenation (FtpUtils.absoluteFilePath and GenericFileConsumer) applied no lexical normalization and no check that the result stayed inside the directory being polled, and the resulting path became the operand for every subsequent remote operation on the file: retrieval (FtpOperations.retrieveFile / SftpOperations, reached from GenericFileConsumer where the retrieve name is taken verbatim from GenericFile.getAbsoluteFilePath), deletion when delete=true (GenericFileDeleteProcessStrategy), and renaming when move, preMove, moveFailed or readLock=rename is configured (GenericFileProcessStrategySupport and GenericFileRenameExclusiveReadLockStrategy). Neither isValidFile nor isMatched performed any containment check. A listing entry that is not a single path segment therefore resolved to a path outside the configured polling directory, causing Camel to read, delete or rename files outside it using the endpoint's own credentials. A listing name is not route-controlled data. It is supplied by the remote server, and the FTP control channel carries no integrity protection at all, so an on-path attacker can rewrite a LIST response without holding any credentials; a compromised, malicious or multi-tenant server, or a server backed by a virtual filesystem, can emit such a name directly. Retrieval is reachable in a default consumer configuration, since the remote consumers download every listed file; deletion and renaming additionally require one of the disposition options above, all of which are common. Escape from the directory Camel was configured to poll is unconditional, while escape from the server's own account boundary additionally depends on whether that server confines the account. The jailStartingDirectory option, which is documented as restricting Camel to the starting directory and is enabled by default, governed producer writes and, since the localWorkDirectory containment work, consumer downloads to the local work directory - but it did not constrain this remote operand, so its name and description claimed a boundary that was not enforced here. The same entry point had already been recognised on the local side: the localWorkDirectory download path was constrained so that a remote file name containing parent-directory segments could not resolve outside the local work directory. The remote operand was the remaining half of that surface. This artifact provides the smb scheme. Its consumer walks the share listing on its own rather than through RemoteFileConsumer, skipping only the exact "." and ".." entries, so a name carrying traversal segments in any other form was concatenated unchecked. Reaching it requires a server that emits a listing name which is not a single path segment, which a conforming SMB2 implementation does not do; the exposure was corrected on the same basis as the other remote-file consumers rather than from a demonstrated proof of concept against this scheme.



Upgrade to Apache Camel 4.23.0, which fixes the issue. Users on the 4.22.x releases stream should upgrade to 4.22.1. Users on the 4.18.x LTS releases stream should upgrade to 4.18.5. The 4.14.x stream reached end of life and does not receive this fix; users on it should move to a supported releases stream.
Published: 2026-10-19
Score: 7.4 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: Path Traversal enabling unauthorized file access, deletion, and renaming
Action: Immediate Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

Apache Camel’s SMB component concatenates the configured remote directory with file names from the server’s directory listing to form absolute paths without sanitizing or validating that the resulting path remains inside the intended directory. This flaw allows a server to provide file names containing traversal segments, which Camel will resolve to locations outside the polled directory. The issue can be exploited to read, delete, or rename files beyond the configured boundary using the consumer’s credentials, violating confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Affected Systems

Affected products are Apache Camel from the Apache Software Foundation. Versions ranging from 4.2.0 up to but excluding 4.18.5, and from 4.19.0 up to but excluding 4.22.1, are vulnerable. Users on the 4.22.x stream should upgrade to 4.22.1, users on the 4.18.x stream should upgrade to 4.18.5, and the 4.14.x stream is end‑of‑life and requires migration to a supported release.

Risk and Exploitability

With a CVSS score of 7.4, the vulnerability poses a moderate to high risk. The attack vector is remote: an SMB server that returns manipulated directory listings can cause Camel to perform file operations outside the intended directory without authentication on the control channel. EPSS data is unavailable and the issue is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. An attacker can read, delete, or rename files beyond the configured polling directory using the credentials of the Camel endpoint.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 19, 2026 at 11:50 UTC.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to Apache Camel 4.23.0, which fixes the issue. Users on the 4.22.x releases stream should upgrade to 4.22.1. Users on the 4.18.x LTS releases stream should upgrade to 4.18.5. The 4.14.x stream reached end of life and does not receive this fix; users on it should move to a supported releases stream. The fix adds a separator-aware GenericFileHelper.isWithinDirectory overload, since remote paths always use a forward slash regardless of the platform Camel runs on, and a GenericFileConsumer.isWithinStartingDirectory strategy consulted from isValidFile when jailStartingDirectory is enabled. The base implementation is a no-op, because names obtained from a local directory listing are always single path segments; RemoteFileConsumer and SmbConsumer override it to compact the resolved path and verify on path-segment boundaries that it still resolves inside the directory being polled. A file resolving outside is skipped and a warning is logged, rather than raising, so that the remaining legitimate entries in the same listing still process. Containment was chosen over stripping the path component because remote directories are legitimately nested and a parent-directory segment that still resolves back inside the polled directory remains valid. The check runs after the existing match filters so that the "." and ".." entries returned by SFTP servers, which the hidden-file rule already excludes, do not log on every poll. The change adds no new module dependency.

Vendor Workaround

For deployments that cannot upgrade immediately, require SMB signing, and encryption where the dialect supports it, so that a share listing cannot be rewritten in transit, and point the endpoint only at shares whose server is trusted. Constrain the consumer with the filter, antInclude or include options so that only simple single-segment file names are accepted, and avoid enabling delete=true, move, preMove, moveFailed or readLock=rename on endpoints pointing at a server whose listing content is not fully trusted, since those options are what turn the issue from a read into a destructive operation. Where the server supports it, confine the account used by the endpoint to the polled directory, so that the server itself enforces the boundary independently of Camel. As defence in depth, treat file names reported by any remote server outside the route's trust boundary as untrusted input.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade Apache Camel to a patched release (4.23.0, or 4.22.1 for the 4.22.x stream, or 4.18.5 for the 4.18.x stream).
  • If an upgrade is not immediately possible, enable SMB signing and encryption on the endpoint and configure the endpoint to point only at shares hosted on trusted servers.
  • Constrain the consumer to accept only single‑segment file names by applying a filter, antInclude, or include option, and disable destructive options such as delete=true, move, preMove, moveFailed, or readLock=rename when pointing to untrusted servers.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 19, 2026 at 11:50 UTC.

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Description Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Apache Camel SMB component. This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.2.0 before 4.18.5, from 4.19.0 before 4.22.1. The Camel remote-file consumers poll a directory on a remote server and build the absolute remote path of each file by concatenating the configured directory with the file name reported in the server's directory listing. That concatenation (FtpUtils.absoluteFilePath and GenericFileConsumer) applied no lexical normalization and no check that the result stayed inside the directory being polled, and the resulting path became the operand for every subsequent remote operation on the file: retrieval (FtpOperations.retrieveFile / SftpOperations, reached from GenericFileConsumer where the retrieve name is taken verbatim from GenericFile.getAbsoluteFilePath), deletion when delete=true (GenericFileDeleteProcessStrategy), and renaming when move, preMove, moveFailed or readLock=rename is configured (GenericFileProcessStrategySupport and GenericFileRenameExclusiveReadLockStrategy). Neither isValidFile nor isMatched performed any containment check. A listing entry that is not a single path segment therefore resolved to a path outside the configured polling directory, causing Camel to read, delete or rename files outside it using the endpoint's own credentials. A listing name is not route-controlled data. It is supplied by the remote server, and the FTP control channel carries no integrity protection at all, so an on-path attacker can rewrite a LIST response without holding any credentials; a compromised, malicious or multi-tenant server, or a server backed by a virtual filesystem, can emit such a name directly. Retrieval is reachable in a default consumer configuration, since the remote consumers download every listed file; deletion and renaming additionally require one of the disposition options above, all of which are common. Escape from the directory Camel was configured to poll is unconditional, while escape from the server's own account boundary additionally depends on whether that server confines the account. The jailStartingDirectory option, which is documented as restricting Camel to the starting directory and is enabled by default, governed producer writes and, since the localWorkDirectory containment work, consumer downloads to the local work directory - but it did not constrain this remote operand, so its name and description claimed a boundary that was not enforced here. The same entry point had already been recognised on the local side: the localWorkDirectory download path was constrained so that a remote file name containing parent-directory segments could not resolve outside the local work directory. The remote operand was the remaining half of that surface. This artifact provides the smb scheme. Its consumer walks the share listing on its own rather than through RemoteFileConsumer, skipping only the exact "." and ".." entries, so a name carrying traversal segments in any other form was concatenated unchecked. Reaching it requires a server that emits a listing name which is not a single path segment, which a conforming SMB2 implementation does not do; the exposure was corrected on the same basis as the other remote-file consumers rather than from a demonstrated proof of concept against this scheme. Upgrade to Apache Camel 4.23.0, which fixes the issue. Users on the 4.22.x releases stream should upgrade to 4.22.1. Users on the 4.18.x LTS releases stream should upgrade to 4.18.5. The 4.14.x stream reached end of life and does not receive this fix; users on it should move to a supported releases stream.
Title Apache Camel: camel-smb resolved the remote path of a polled file from the name reported in the server directory listing without constraining it to the directory being polled, so a listing entry containing traversal segments could be moved outside
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

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Apache Apache Camel Camel
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-19T10:16:14.300Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T16:20:16.788Z

Link: CVE-2026-79985

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-19T11:17:20.647

Modified: 2026-10-19T11:17:20.647

Link: CVE-2026-79985

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Updated: 2026-10-19T16:30:13Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-22

    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')