CVE-2026-25699 (GCVE-0-2026-25699)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-09 07:33 – Updated: 2026-06-09 14:58
VLAI
Title
Apache Answer: Authorization Bypass in Timeline API
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.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-359 - Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Answer Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.0.0 (semver)
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Credits
Sho Odagiri
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