CVE-2026-60023

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.1. Deleted or pending answers could be retrieved by unauthorized users through the single-answer read path when the parent question remained visible, exposing answer content that should not have been accessible. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.2, which fixes the issue.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.5 High

Status

Analyzed - security@apache.org

Published

2026-08-05

Last modified

2026-10-24

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected products

• Answer (Apache)
• Apache Answer (Apache Software Foundation)

References

• https://lists.apache.org/thread/rq3ygd0j9cchkbmh99dqf8624s7r8y49
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/05/13