CVE-2026-25699

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.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.apache.org/thread/c36k4hzwhncqo0qfn5fg57f1gkjhyfv8	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/09/6	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:apache:answer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-06-09 09:16

Updated : 2026-07-23 08:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-25699

Mitre link : CVE-2026-25699

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-25699

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Products Affected

apache

answer

CWE

CWE-359

Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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