Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.1. Deleted or pending answers could be retrieved by unauthorized users through the single-answer read path when the parent question remained visible, exposing answer content that should not have been accessible. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.2, which fixes the issue.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/rq3ygd0j9cchkbmh99dqf8624s7r8y49 Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.5 · apacheNVD modified 2026-10-23 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:apache:answer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 2
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/rq3ygd0j9cchkbmh99dqf8624s7r8y49 Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/05/13 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory