CVE-2013-4330 Improper Control of Generation of Code in Apache Camel

What is CVE-2013-4330?

CVE-2013-4330 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Apache Camel, published on 4 Oct 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Apache Camel before 2.9.7, 2.10.0 before 2.10.7, 2.11.0 before 2.11.2, and 2.12.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary simple language expressions by including "$simple{}" in a CamelFileName message header to a (1) FILE or (2) FTP producer.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4330?

8 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.camel:camel-core. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Camel.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4330?

Upgrade org.apache.camel:camel-core to a fixed version for your release line: 2.9.7, 2.10.7, 2.11.2 or 2.12.1.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2013-4330 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4330 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2026-33453 Apache camel-coap allows header injection that can lead to remote code execution Critical 10.0
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• CVE-2026-80351 Apache Camel K: Camel K Tenant repositories reach Maven execution inside operator pod Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-80352 Apache Camel K: Camel K Master trait serviceAccountName YAML injection lets CR author apply arbitrary objects Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-71300 Apache Camel: Camel-Atmosphere-Websocket: WebSocket dispatch header injection Critical 9.8

All Apache Camel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-x9fv-c87w-55wc.