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SCA: security update for org.apache.atlas:apache-atlas (GHSA-35xx-9xrg-gwhf)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 441555

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2026-40563)

Solution

Update the org.apache.atlas:apache-atlas library and its related packages to version 2.5.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-35xx-9xrg-gwhf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 441555

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/8/2026

Updated: 6/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.59

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40563

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40563

cwe: CWE-94