CVE-2026-40563HIGH 8.1EPSS p36.6%

CVE-2026-40563CVE-2026-40563

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.

Scoring

CVSS 3.18.1 (HIGH)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS0.46% probability of exploitation · percentile 36.6% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2026-05-04
Last modified2026-05-06

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-94

References

  1. https://lists.apache.org/thread/vd0oggmqxl2k1skm0z2f9p0plx7jhmfl
  2. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/03/9

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessImproper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')cwe-940%live

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