SB2026011617 - Cypher injection in Apache Camel
Published: January 16, 2026
Security Bulletin ID
SB2026011617
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-66169)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary Cypher commands.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in Camel neo4j component. A remote attacker can construct specific query statements to execute unintended operations in the Neo4j database.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/tljw4msd96k67h2qnt6g5ywt0y964x6m
- https://camel.apache.org/security/CVE-2025-66169.html
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAMEL-22719
- https://github.com/apache/camel/pull/20035
- https://github.com/apache/camel/pull/20036
- https://github.com/apache/camel/pull/20037
- https://github.com/apache/camel/pull/20037/commits/4caa2c842f1898084e6ae4a327b8a68003bdb83f