CVE-2026-45760
Published: 21 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-45760 is a high-severity Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere (CWE-610) vulnerability in Apache Camel K (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 24.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-31268
Vulnerability details
(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,…
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including the operator namespace. This issue affects Apache Camel K: from 2.0.0 before 2.8.1, from 2.9.0 before 2.9.2, from 2.10.0 before 2.10.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.10.1 (or 2.8.1 or 2.9.2), which fixes the issue.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Authorization bypass enables unauthorized Pod control across namespaces, directly facilitating privilege escalation via exploitation of the Camel K operator.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Per-request decision making makes it harder to bypass authorization using user-controlled keys without proper validation in the decision process.
Consistent enforcement of approved authorizations makes bypassing via user-controlled keys ineffective.
Limits impact of an externally controlled reference to a primary information resource by switching to an identified alternative.