FKIE_CVE-2026-25699

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-09 09:16 - Updated: 2026-07-23 08:10
Severity
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
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.
References
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread/c36k4hzwhncqo0qfn5fg57f1gkjhyfv8Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/09/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache answer *
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  "lastModified": "2026-07-23T08:10:00.137",
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