CVE-2026-24735
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.007 · 52 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.7.1. An unauthenticated API endpoint incorrectly exposes full revision history for deleted content. This allows unauthorized user to retrieve restricted or sensitive information. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.0, which fixes the issue.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5
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affected products (4)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-5w5r-8xc6-2xhwApache Answer Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability2026-02-04ghsa · osvUS
Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.7.1. An unauthenticated API endpoint incorrectly exposes full revision history for deleted content. This allows unauthorized users to retrieve restricted or sensitive information. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.0, which fixes the issue.
- GO-2026-4421Apache Answer Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in github.com/apache/answer2026-02-05vendor · osvUS
Apache Answer Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in github.com/apache/answer. NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions. (If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.) The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/apache/answer before v2.0.0.
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references (6)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/04/1cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-24735cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/whxloom7mpxlyt5wzdskflsg5mzdzd60cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/whxloom7mpxlyt5wzdskflsg5mzdzd60enisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/04/1Mailing ListThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/whxloom7mpxlyt5wzdskflsg5mzdzd60Mailing ListThird Party Advisorynvd
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