CVE-2026-25699
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 35 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.0. Timeline-related APIs lacked proper authorization checks, allowing regular authenticated users to access deleted, private, or unapproved content and its revision history. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.1, which fixes the issue.
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affected products (4)
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- Go github.com/apache/answer< 1.7.2-0.20260206073245-92994b49976bosvUSpkg:golang/github.com/apache/answer
- Go github.com/apache/incubator-answer< 1.7.2-0.20260206073245-92994b49976bosvUSpkg:golang/github.com/apache/incubator-answer
advisories (2)
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- GHSA-w754-5646-xq9jApache Answer has an Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability2026-06-09ghsa · osvUS
Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.0. Timeline-related APIs lacked proper authorization checks, allowing regular authenticated users to access deleted, private, or unapproved content and its revision history. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.1, which fixes the issue.
- GO-2026-6148Apache Answer has an Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in github.com/apache/answer2026-08-18vendor · osvUS
Apache Answer has an Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in github.com/apache/answer
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references (6)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-25699cnnvd
- https://answer.apache.org/zh-CN/download/Patchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25699cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/c36k4hzwhncqo0qfn5fg57f1gkjhyfv8enisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/09/6Mailing ListThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/c36k4hzwhncqo0qfn5fg57f1gkjhyfv8Mailing ListVendor Advisorynvd
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