CVE-2026-40563 PUBLISHED

Apache Atlas: Script injection allows access to unintended data

Assigner: apache
Reserved: 14.04.2026 Published: 04.05.2026 Updated: 04.05.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Atlas
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0.8 to 2.4.0 (incl.)

Credits

  • Khaled M. Alshammri finder
  • qx L finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') CWE