CVE 7.1 HIGH

Apache Atlas: Script injection allows access to unintended data_CVE-2026-40563

7.1 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-40563
Source apache
Published May 4, 2026 at 15:17
Modified May 4, 2026 at 16:04

Affected Product

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Atlas
Version 0.8
Affected Versions Apache Software Foundation Apache Atlas 0.8

CWE Classification

References

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