# CVE-2026-50622: Apache Atlas: Missing Authorization on Admin Endpoints

> Authenticated users can perform administrative operations on Apache Atlas due to missing authorization checks on admin endpoints.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w667-wgvw-q2hc

## What is CVE-2026-50622?

CVE-2026-50622 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Apache Atlas, published on 29 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Description:
Missing Authorization in Apache Atlas.
A missing authorization vulnerability in Apache Atlas's admin endpoints allows any authenticated user, regardless of their assigned role, to perform administrative operations.

Affect Version:
This issue affects Apache Atlas: from 0.8 through 2.5.0.

Mitigation:
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.6.0, which fixes the issue.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-50622?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apache Atlas.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-50622?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-50622 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-50622 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-50622 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Apache Atlas

- [CVE-2022-34271](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34271/): Apache Atlas: zip path traversal in import functionality (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-40563](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40563/): Apache Atlas: Script injection allows access to unintended data (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2016-8752](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8752/): Path Traversal in Apache Atlas (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2017-3154](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3154/): Apache Atlas produces Stack trace in error response (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-46910](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46910/): Apache Atlas: An authenticated user can perform XSS and potentially impersonate another user (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-50622 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-50622 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Apache Atlas, published on 29 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-50622 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Apache Atlas. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-50622/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-50622/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50622
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50622
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50622

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