{"id":"CVE-2026-40563","aliases":["EUVD-2026-26979","GHSA-35xx-9xrg-gwhf"],"status":"published","title":"Apache Atlas: Script injection allows access to unintended data","description":"Description:\nImproper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Apache Atlas\nApache 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\n\n\n\n\nAffect Version:\nThis issue affects Apache Atlas: from 0.8 through 2.4.0.\n\n\n\nFor the affect version \u003e= 2.0, vulnerability is only when Atlas is deployed with below non-default configuration.\n\n\natlas.dsl.executor.traversal=false\n\n\n\nMitigation:\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 2.5.0, which fixes the issue.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"adp","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00464,"percentile":0.40443,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-94"],"published":"2026-05-04T15:17:32Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:30Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.apache.atlas:apache-atlas","fixed_in":["2.5.0"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.apache.atlas:apache-atlas","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0.8"},{"fixed":"2.5.0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.apache.atlas:apache-atlas","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0.8"},{"fixed":"2.5.0"}]}],"versions":["0.8-incubating","0.8.1","0.8.2","0.8.3","0.8.4","1.0.0","1.0.0-alpha","1.1.0","1.2.0","2.0.0","2.1.0","2.2.0","2.3.0","2.4.0"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"apache","product":"atlas"},{"vendor":"apache software foundation","product":"apache atlas"}],"references":[{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/vd0oggmqxl2k1skm0z2f9p0plx7jhmfl","tags":["vendor-advisory","Mailing List","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/03/9","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40563","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-35xx-9xrg-gwhf"},{"url":"https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/40xxx/CVE-2026-40563.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/atlas","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-40563","title":"Apache Atlas: Script injection allows access to unintended data","description":"Description:\nImproper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Apache Atlas\nApache 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\n\n\n\n\nAffect Version:\nThis issue affects Apache Atlas: from 0.8 through 2.4.0.\n\n\n\nFor the affect version \u003e= 2.0, vulnerability is only when Atlas is deployed with below non-default configuration.\n\n\natlas.dsl.executor.traversal=false\n\n\n\nMitigation:\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 2.5.0, which fixes the issue.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-04T15:17:32.511Z","modified":"2026-05-06T13:27:03.304Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"adp"}],"cwes":["CWE-94"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:43:11.445168Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-26979","description":"Description:\nImproper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Apache Atlas\nApache 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\n\n\n\n\nAffect Version:\nThis issue affects Apache Atlas: from 0.8 through 2.4.0.\n\n\n\nFor the affect version \u003e= 2.0, vulnerability is only when Atlas is deployed with below non-default configuration.\n\n\natlas.dsl.executor.traversal=false\n\n\n\nMitigation:\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 2.5.0, which fixes the issue.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-04T15:17:32Z","modified":"2026-05-06T13:27:03Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:05:16.683147Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-35xx-9xrg-gwhf","title":"Apache Atlas has a Code Injection Vulnerability","description":"### Description:\nImproper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Apache Atlas.\n\nApache 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.\n\n\n### Affected Version:\nThis issue affects Apache Atlas: from 0.8-incubating through 2.4.0.\n\n\nFor affected versions \u003e= 2.0.0, the vulnerability is only exploitable when Atlas is deployed with below non-default configuration.\n\n\n`atlas.dsl.executor.traversal=false`\n\n\n### Mitigation:\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 2.5.0, which fixes the issue.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-04T18:30:29Z","modified":"2026-05-08T17:47:13Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-94"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:40:04.762828Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-40563","description":"Description:\nImproper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Apache Atlas\nApache 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\n\n\n\n\nAffect Version:\nThis issue affects Apache Atlas: from 0.8 through 2.4.0.\n\n\n\nFor the affect version \u003e= 2.0, vulnerability is only when Atlas is deployed with below non-default configuration.\n\n\natlas.dsl.executor.traversal=false\n\n\n\nMitigation:\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 2.5.0, which fixes the issue.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-04T16:16:02.283Z","modified":"2026-10-26T19:10:00.163Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-94"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:17.022502Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-40563","title":"Apache Atlas: Script injection allows access to unintended data","description":"Description:\nImproper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Apache Atlas\nApache 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\n\n\n\n\nAffect Version:\nThis issue affects Apache Atlas: from 0.8 through 2.4.0.\n\n\n\nFor the affect version \u003e= 2.0, vulnerability is only when Atlas is deployed with below non-default configuration.\n\n\natlas.dsl.executor.traversal=false\n\n\n\nMitigation:\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 2.5.0, which fixes the issue.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-04T15:17:32.511Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:30.144041016Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-94"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:03.424067Z"},{"id":"GHSA-35xx-9xrg-gwhf","title":"Apache Atlas has a Code Injection Vulnerability","description":"### Description:\nImproper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Apache Atlas.\n\nApache 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.\n\n\n### Affected Version:\nThis issue affects Apache Atlas: from 0.8-incubating through 2.4.0.\n\n\nFor affected versions \u003e= 2.0.0, the vulnerability is only exploitable when Atlas is deployed with below non-default configuration.\n\n\n`atlas.dsl.executor.traversal=false`\n\n\n### Mitigation:\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 2.5.0, which fixes the issue.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-04T18:30:29Z","modified":"2026-05-08T18:11:25.559263Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-94"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:35.406455Z"}]}}