CVE-2026-23552

Published Feb 23, 2026

Last updated 5 days ago

CVSS critical 9.1

Overview

Description
Cross-Realm Token Acceptance Bypass in KeycloakSecurityPolicy Apache Camel Keycloak component.  The Camel-Keycloak KeycloakSecurityPolicy does not validate the iss (issuer) claim of JWT tokens against the configured realm. A token issued by one Keycloak realm is silently accepted by a policy configured for a completely different realm, breaking tenant isolation. This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.15.0 before 4.18.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.18.0, which fixes the issue.
Source
security@apache.org
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
camel

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
9.1
Impact score
5.2
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Severity
CRITICAL

Weaknesses

security@apache.org
CWE-346

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations

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References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.