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CVE-2026-40563
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.execu
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"collectionURL":"https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2","defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"org.apache.atlas:atlas-repository","product":"Apache Atlas","vendor":"Apache Software Foundation","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"2.4.0","status":"affected","version":"0.8","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":8.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-94","description":"CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
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Source references
2 source assertions{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/03/9"}
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{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/vd0oggmqxl2k1skm0z2f9p0plx7jhmfl"}
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Attribution and limitations
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