Medium severity · published Aug 6, 2026
CVE-2026-64640
Apache Polaris: register endpoint reads attacker-controlled storage location before allowed-locations validation
6.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Apache Polaris did not consistently validate storage locations supplied during table and view registration.
An authenticated principal with permission to register a table or view could, depending on the affected release and registration path, cause Polaris to use the catalog's storage credentials to read a caller-selected Iceberg metadata file before verifying that the file was within the catalog's allowed storage locations.
If the catalog's underlying credentials could read an object outside that boundary, this could disclose limited information from the object.
Polaris could also accept registration metadata located within an allowed location that contained references to storage locations outside the allowed boundary.
This second condition did not itself cause Polaris to read the referenced external locations during registration.
The demonstrated impact is limited to confidentiality.
No unauthorized data modification or availability impact has been demonstrated.
The server-side read requires a deployment using S3 credential vending and an object outside the allowed locations that the catalog's underlying storage credentials can read.
Exploitation requires an authenticated principal with table- or view-registration privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AP
Apache Polaris · Apache Software Foundation
through 1.6.0 · source: vendor
PO
Polaris · Apache
through 1.6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64640
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64640
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread/scd8p9wy8b9j3om5wohbotpfycnmmjl4
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/06/7
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