GridFS file deletion via unfiltered control headers
Published Jul 6, 2026 · Updated Jul 6, 2026
Header injection in the MongoDB GridFS component of Apache Camel allows remote attackers to read, enumerate, or delete stored files. GridFsConstants gives operation and object-control headers gridfs.* names outside the Camel namespace, so HttpHeaderFilterStrategy passes HTTP-supplied values into the Exchange. Exposure requires an HTTP consumer bridged to a mongodb-gridfs producer with no explicit operation; an unauthenticated consumer permits access without credentials.
Summary
What happened
Header injection in the MongoDB GridFS component of Apache Camel allows remote attackers to read, enumerate, or delete stored files. GridFsConstants gives operation and object-control headers gridfs.* names outside the Camel namespace, so HttpHeaderFilterStrategy passes HTTP-supplied values into the Exchange. Exposure requires an HTTP consumer bridged to a mongodb-gridfs producer with no explicit operation; an unauthenticated consumer permits access without credentials.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-48204
- Published
- Jul 6, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 6, 2026
- Vendor
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Product
- Apache Camel
- Classifications
- CWE-20, CWE-284, T1485
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 6, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 6, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.0.0 <4.14.8
- Affected versionversion=4.15.0 <4.18.3
- Affected versionversion=4.19.0 <4.21.0
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Public exploit references
- CVE-2026-48204 Spring Boot and Quarkus reproducersproof of concept · validated
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