CVE-2026-40563

HIGH

Apache Atlas: Script injection allows access to unintended data

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 7.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (3)
apache/atlas 0.8 - 2.5.0
Apache Software Foundation/Apache Atlas 0.8 - 2.4.0
org.apache.atlas/apache-atlas 0.8 - 2.5.0Maven
Published May 04, 2026
Tracked Since May 04, 2026