Apache Camel security advisory
CVE-2026-45760
Camel K Cross-Namespace Build Deputy Attack
Description
(Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere), (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) vulnerability in Apache Camel K. Authorized users in a Kubernetes namespace can create a Build resource, controlling the Pod generation in a namespace of their choice, including the operator namespace.
Mitigation
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.10.1 (or 2.8.1 or 2.9.2), which fixes the issue.
Credit
This issue was discovered by @j311yl0v3u (2439839508@qq.com) and @b0b0haha (603571786@qq.com)
Notes
The pull requests https://github.com/apache/camel-k/pull/6626 (2.10.x), https://github.com/apache/camel-k/pull/6627 (2.9.x) and https://github.com/apache/camel-k/pull/6629 (2.8.x) refer to the commits that resolved the issue, and have more details.