High

Apache Atlas has a Code Injection Vulnerability

  • Disclosed: 04.05.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:22

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.

Affected Version:

This issue affects Apache Atlas: from 0.8-incubating through 2.4.0.

For affected versions >= 2.0.0, the vulnerability is only exploitable 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.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.apache.atlas:apache-atlas >= 0.8, < 2.5.0 2.5.0

References

CVSS score 7.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-94
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.apache.atlas:apache-atlas
Disclosed
04.05.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 12:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-35xx-9xrg-gwhf - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.apache.atlas:apache-atlas

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
5
First → latest
01.2020 05.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 2
  • Medium 3

Disclosures per year

  1. 2020: 1
  2. 2021: 0
  3. 2022: 2
  4. 2023: 0
  5. 2024: 0
  6. 2025: 1
  7. 2026: 1
  1. Apache Atlas has a Code Injection Vulnerability this entry
    High · 7.1 CVE-2026-40563 >= 0.8, < 2.5.0 2.5.0
  2. High · 8.8 CVE-2022-34271 >= 0.8.4, < 2.3.0 2.3.0
  3. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2020-13928 < 2.1.0 2.1.0
  4. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2019-10070 < 0.8.4, >= 1.0.0, < 1.2.0 0.8.4, 1.2.0

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