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.
No advisories yet.
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
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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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apache
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-04T16:04:26.483Z
Reserved: 2026-04-14T12:05:23.666Z
Link: CVE-2026-40563
Updated: 2026-05-04T15:43:57.213Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-04T16:16:02.283
Modified: 2026-05-04T17:16:23.500
Link: CVE-2026-40563
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Updated: 2026-05-04T19:00:06Z