CVE-2026-40563

Apache Atlas: Script injection allows access to unintended data

State
Published
Severity
8.1 High
Published
May 4, 2026
Updated
May 6, 2026
Reserved
Apr 14, 2026

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Description

Description: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Apache Atlas Apache Atlas exposes a DSL search endpoint that accepts user-supplied query strings. Attacker can alter Gremlin traversal logic within grammar-allowed characters to access unintended data

Affect Version: This issue affects Apache Atlas: from 0.8 through 2.4.0.

For the affect version >= 2.0, vulnerability is only when Atlas is deployed with below non-default configuration.

atlas.dsl.executor.traversal=false

Mitigation: Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.5.0, which fixes the issue.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Apache AtlasApache Software Foundation
  • 0.8 through 2.4.0Affected

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