Apache Atlas: Script injection allows access to unintended data

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    "title": "Apache Atlas: Script injection allows access to unintended data",
    "summary": "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.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:30.144041016Z",
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  "published_at": "2026-05-04T15:17:32.511+00:00"
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