GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-35xx-9xrg-gwhf Apache Atlas has a Code Injection Vulnerability

HIGH Published 2026-05-04 Modified 2026-05-08 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-40563
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.atlas:apache-atlas
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-94
Reviewed
2026-05-08

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.atlas:apache-atlas: >= 0.8, < 2.5.0 → fixed in 2.5.0

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. Affected Version: This issue affects Apache Atlas: from 0.8-incubating through 2.4.0. For affected versions >= 2.0.0, the vulnerability is only exploitable 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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-40563 Description: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Apache Atlas Apache Atlas exposes a DSL search… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

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