CVE-2026-66906: Apache Camel: Camel-Azure-Storage-Blob: the downloadBlobToFile operation built the local download target from the remote blob name without constraining it to the configured fileDir
Relative path traversal vulnerability in Apache Camel Azure Storage Blob component.
This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.0.0 before 4.14.9, from 4.15.0 before 4.18.4, from 4.19.0 before 4.22.0.
The camel-azure-storage-blob component can download an Azure Storage blob to the local filesystem through its downloadBlobToFile operation, writing into the directory named by the fileDir endpoint option, which is documented as usable from both the producer and the consumer. BlobOperations.downloadBlobToFile built the local target by joining fileDir with the remote blob name exactly as the Azure SDK reported it (new File(fileDir, client.getBlobName())) and passed the result straight to the SDK download call, with no lexical normalization and no check that the resolved location stayed inside fileDir. The blob name is not route-controlled data: the consumer enumerates the container in BlobConsumer.createBatchExchangesFromContainer, which lists blobs and creates one exchange per entry from BlobItem.getName() verbatim, applying no name filtering by default. A blob name containing parent-directory segments therefore resolved to a location outside the configured fileDir, letting anyone able to influence the names present in the consumed container cause Camel to create or overwrite a file at a location of their choosing, with the privileges of the Camel process. Depending on what the process can write to, overwriting a file outside the download directory can escalate beyond the loss of integrity of that file. Azure Storage blob containers use a flat namespace in which the blob name is an opaque key, so a name carrying such segments is stored and listed as given. The fileDir option is an ordinary common-group configuration parameter and carries no security marker, so nothing signalled to users that its value was not being enforced as a containment boundary. Camel's other file-download consumers - camel-file, camel-ftp, camel-smb, camel-mina-sftp and camel-azure-files - already constrained their local downloads to the configured directory using a path-segment boundary check; the camel-azure-storage-blob download path was not covered by that work.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.22.0, which fixes the issue. If users are on the 4.14.x LTS releases stream, then they are suggested to upgrade to 4.14.9. If users are on the 4.18.x releases stream, then they are suggested to upgrade to 4.18.4. For deployments that cannot upgrade immediately, constrain the names the consumer will act on using the regex endpoint option, which is applied to each listed blob name as a full-string match, so that only simple single-segment names are accepted and any name carrying a path separator or a parent-directory segment is filtered out before an exchange is created; the prefix option can additionally narrow the listing server-side, noting that when both are set regex takes priority and prefix is ignored. Alternatively, avoid the downloadBlobToFile operation on untrusted containers and write the payload from the route under a file name the route itself controls, rather than one taken from the remote listing. As defence in depth, treat the blob names in any externally writable container as untrusted input and do not derive local filesystem paths from them.
Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Apache Camel applications using the Azure Storage Blob download-to-file feature may trust remote blob names as local paths. A maliciously named blob can escape the intended download directory and create or overwrite files accessible to the Camel process, potentially causing serious system compromise.
Executive priority
Prioritize immediate review of internet-facing or partner-accessible blob containers consumed by affected Camel routes. Expedite upgrades where blob names are externally influenced or Camel has broad write permissions. Other deployments still require prompt inventory and remediation because a configuration presented as a directory boundary was not enforced.
Technical view
CVE-2026-66906 is a relative path traversal in org.apache.camel:camel-azure-storage-blob. downloadBlobToFile joined fileDir with the listed blob name without normalization or containment validation. A name containing parent-directory segments could direct writes outside fileDir. Affected releases are 4.0.0–4.14.8, 4.15.0–4.18.3, and 4.19.0–4.21.x.
Likely exposure
Exposure requires the affected component, downloadBlobToFile, and blob names an attacker or other untrusted party can influence. Consumer routes are particularly relevant because they enumerate names verbatim by default. Risk depends on the Camel process's filesystem permissions and the importance of writable files outside fileDir.
Exploitation context
The issue is network-reachable, low-complexity, and requires no privileges or user interaction under the supplied CVSS assessment. However, the source bundle does not report known public exploitation, and the CVE is not listed as KEV. Treat externally writable blob containers as the primary risk condition.
Researcher notes
The vulnerable path used new File(fileDir, client.getBlobName()) and passed it directly to the Azure SDK. The consumer obtained names from BlobItem.getName() without default filtering. Azure blob names are opaque keys in a flat namespace. The vendor recommends full-string regex filtering when upgrades are delayed; prefix alone is insufficient for validating path safety.
Mitigation direction
Upgrade to Camel 4.22.0, 4.18.4, or 4.14.9, according to the deployed release stream.
If upgrading is delayed, use regex to accept only simple, single-segment blob names without separators or parent-directory segments.
Avoid downloadBlobToFile for untrusted containers; use a route-controlled local filename instead.
Restrict Camel filesystem permissions to reduce the impact of writes outside the download directory.
Validation and detection
Inventory applications for org.apache.camel:camel-azure-storage-blob and compare resolved versions against the affected ranges.
Identify routes using downloadBlobToFile and record their configured fileDir values.
Determine who can create or rename blobs in each consumed container.
Review regex and prefix configuration, noting regex takes priority when both are configured.
Confirm the Camel process cannot write sensitive files outside fileDir.
After remediation, verify the resolved Camel version or enforced single-segment name policy.
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