CVE-2026-25699: CWE-359 Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Software Foundation Apache Answer
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-25699 in Apache Answer involves improper authorization in timeline-related APIs. Authenticated users could bypass intended access controls to view sensitive content that should be restricted, including deleted, private, or unapproved items and their revision histories. The vendor has addressed this issue in version 2.0.1, which corrects the authorization checks to prevent unauthorized access.
Potential Impact
Unauthorized disclosure of private personal information may occur due to insufficient authorization checks in timeline-related APIs. This could lead to exposure of sensitive content to users who should not have access, potentially violating privacy and confidentiality requirements.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should upgrade Apache Answer to version 2.0.1 or later, where the authorization checks have been properly implemented to fix this vulnerability. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor's recommendation to upgrade to 2.0.1. No other mitigation steps are indicated.
CVE-2026-25699: CWE-359 Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Software Foundation Apache Answer
Description
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 v3.1
Score 6.1medium
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-25699 in Apache Answer involves improper authorization in timeline-related APIs. Authenticated users could bypass intended access controls to view sensitive content that should be restricted, including deleted, private, or unapproved items and their revision histories. The vendor has addressed this issue in version 2.0.1, which corrects the authorization checks to prevent unauthorized access.
Potential Impact
Unauthorized disclosure of private personal information may occur due to insufficient authorization checks in timeline-related APIs. This could lead to exposure of sensitive content to users who should not have access, potentially violating privacy and confidentiality requirements.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should upgrade Apache Answer to version 2.0.1 or later, where the authorization checks have been properly implemented to fix this vulnerability. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor's recommendation to upgrade to 2.0.1. No other mitigation steps are indicated.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apache
- Date Reserved
- 2026-02-05T09:04:44.915Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a27e32a8dd33fbd85126069
Added to database: 6/9/2026, 9:55:54 AM
Last enriched: 6/9/2026, 10:11:49 AM
Last updated: 6/10/2026, 4:56:30 AM
Views: 13
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