CVE-2026-24735
Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Answer.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.7.1. An unauthenticated API endpoint incorrectly exposes full revision history for deleted content. This allows unauthorized user to retrieve restricted or sensitive information. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.0, which fixes the issue.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.63% probability · 48th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-359
- Affected
- apache/answer
- Source
- security@apache.org
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/whxloom7mpxlyt5wzdskflsg5mzdzd60Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/04/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.