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.

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Mon, 04 May 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Apache
Apache atlas
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 04 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title Apache Atlas: Script injection allows access to unintended data
Weaknesses CWE-94
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-04T16:04:26.483Z

Reserved: 2026-04-14T12:05:23.666Z

Link: CVE-2026-40563

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-04T15:43:57.213Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-04T16:16:02.283

Modified: 2026-05-04T17:16:23.500

Link: CVE-2026-40563

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-04T19:00:06Z

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