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High [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 high-severity Apache Software Foundation advisory covers CVE-2026-40563 affecting Apache Atlas Apache.

CVE-2026-40563 Published May 4, 2026Updated by vendor Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2026-40563

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Summary

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

Affected versions

0.8 through 2.4.0.
through 2.4.0

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Fixed versions

2.5.0

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Mitigation

Upgrade to a fixed release: 2.5.0. That is the remediation for this advisory.

The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.

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Sources

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Independent discovery and scoring cross-reference. Vendor remediation guidance takes precedence. Discovered from the machine-readable feed https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0; this link opens the NVD record for CVE-2026-40563 instead of the raw feed document.
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