CVE-2026-40563: Apache Atlas Apache: Description: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Apache Atlas Apache Atlas exposes a DSL
This Apache advisory covers CVE-2026-40563 in Apache Atlas Apache.
- CVE-2026-40563
Key facts
- Vendor rating
- High, CVSS 8.1
- CISA KEV
- Not listed (catalogue checked )
- Affected
- 0.8 through 2.4.0.; through 2.4.0
- Fixed in
- 2.5.0
- Source published
- Source revised
- Listed by VulniPulse
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Affected products & platforms
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.
atlas.dsl.executor.traversal=false
Text from the source record.
- 0.8 through 2.4.0.
- through 2.4.0
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched ·verify at source
How to fix CVE-2026-40563
Upgrade to a fixed release named by Apache:
- 2.5.0
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