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SCA: security update for org.apache.camel:camel-docling (GHSA-rpv3-6645-2vqc)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 446357

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection') vulnerability in Apache
 Camel Docling component. The camel-docling component invokes the external `docling` command-line tool by
 assembling an argument list in DoclingProducer and executing it through java.lang.ProcessBuilder. Custom
 CLI arguments supplied through the `CamelDoclingCustomArguments` exchange header (a List<String>) were
 appended to that argument list with insufficient validation: the original implementation relied on a
 denylist of disallowed flags and only rejected path values that contained a literal `../` sequence. As a
 result, a Camel route that forwards externally-influenced data into the `CamelDoclingCustomArguments`
 header (or into the path-bearing headers used to build the invocation) could cause the producer to pass
 unrecognized or unintended `docling` CLI flags to the subprocess, and could supply path-like argument
 values that resolved outside the intended directory through traversal sequences not caught by the literal
 `../` check. Because Camel itself builds the `docling` invocation from these values, the component is
 responsible for constraining them, and the weak validation allowed CLI-argument injection and directory
 traversal in the arguments passed to the external tool. The invocation uses the list-based form of
 ProcessBuilder, so a shell does not interpret the argument values; OS command injection through shell
 metacharacters was not possible, and the metacharacter rejection added by the fix is defense-in-depth.
 This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.15.0 before 4.18.3. Users are recommended to upgrade to a release
 that contains the CAMEL-23212 fix. On the mainline the fix is included from Apache Camel 4.19.0 (and later
 releases such as 4.20.0). For users on the 4.18.x LTS releases stream, upgrade to 4.18.3. The fix replaces
 the denylist with a strict allowlist of recognized `docling` CLI flags (rejecting any unrecognized flag,
 and rejecting producer-managed flags such as the output-directory flags), defensively rejects shell
 metacharacters in argument values, and normalizes path-like values with Path.normalize() before validating
 them so that traversal sequences which bypass a literal `../` check are detected. As defence in depth,
 route authors should avoid mapping untrusted message content into the `CamelDoclingCustomArguments` header
 and the path-bearing headers, and should strip Camel-internal headers from messages that arrive from
 untrusted producers. (CVE-2026-40047)

Solution

Update the org.apache.camel:camel-docling library and its related packages to version 4.18.3 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rpv3-6645-2vqc

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 446357

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/26/2026

Updated: 8/26/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.69

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40047

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40047

cwe: CWE-88