CVE-2026-46591
Published:July 06, 2026
Updated:August 04, 2026
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Data Query Logic vulnerability in Apache Camel Neo4J component.
The camel-neo4j producer builds the Cypher WHERE clause for its match/retrieve and delete operations from the CamelNeo4jMatchProperties map. CVE-2025-66169 addressed Cypher injection through the property values by binding them as query parameters ($paramN), but the property names (the JSON keys of that map) were still concatenated into the query string verbatim in Neo4jProducer.retrieveNodes() and deleteNode(). A property name containing Cypher syntax therefore alters the structure of the executed query. Where a route maps untrusted input into the CamelNeo4jMatchProperties map - for example by passing a request body as the match map, or from a consumer that does not filter inbound Camel* headers - an attacker who controls the JSON key names can inject arbitrary Cypher and read, modify or delete any node or relationship in the Neo4j database. The CamelNeo4jMatchProperties header is itself Camel-prefixed and is filtered by the HTTP header-filter strategy, so a plain HTTP client cannot set it directly; the issue is reachable through routes that deliberately or inadvertently carry untrusted data into that header.
This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.10.0 before 4.14.8, from 4.15.0 before 4.18.3, from 4.19.0 before 4.21.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.21.0, which fixes the issue. If users are on the 4.14.x LTS releases stream, then they are suggested to upgrade to 4.14.8. If users are on the 4.18.x releases stream, then they are suggested to upgrade to 4.18.3. For deployments that cannot upgrade immediately, do not populate the CamelNeo4jMatchProperties map from untrusted input: validate or allow-list the property names (for example against ^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]$) before the Neo4j producer, and ensure that any consumer feeding such a route filters inbound Camel / camel* headers so the match header cannot be supplied by an external sender.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/apache/camel.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=camel-4.19.0 <camel-4.21.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version camel-4.21.0https://github.com/apache/camel.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=camel-4.10.0 <camel-4.14.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version camel-4.14.8https://github.com/apache/camel.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=camel-4.15.0 <camel-4.18.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version camel-4.18.3org.apache.camel:camel-neo4j (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=4.19.0 <4.21.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.21.0org.apache.camel:camel-neo4j (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=4.15.0 <4.18.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.18.3org.apache.camel:camel-neo4j (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=4.10.0 <4.14.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.14.8Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Data Query Logic
EPSS
Base Score:
0.33