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CVE-2026-60053 (GCVE-0-2026-60053)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-05 15:13 – Updated: 2026-08-06 17:47

Title

Apache Answer: Residual Administrative API Key Access After Role or Account Revocation

Summary

Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.1. Administrative API keys remained usable after the owning administrator was demoted or the account was marked inactive, suspended, or deleted, allowing continued access until the keys were explicitly removed. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.2, which fixes the issue.

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-613 - Insufficient Session Expiration

Assigner

apache

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread/2vkcj3bdvso6cywnk…	vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/0…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Answer	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.0.1 (semver)

Credits

yangxi

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GHSA-53X4-P5J7-29Q6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-05 18:31 – Updated: 2026-08-07 00:31

Details

Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability in Apache Answer.

This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.1.

Administrative API keys remained usable after the owning administrator was demoted or the account was marked inactive, suspended, or deleted, allowing continued access until the keys were explicitly removed. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.2, which fixes the issue.

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Nomenclature

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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