CVE-2026-60023 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apache	Answer

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References

Link	Providers
https://lists.apache.org/thread/rq3ygd0j9cchkbmh99dqf8624s7r8y49

History

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apache Apache answer
Vendors & Products		Apache Apache answer

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		Apache Answer: Unauthorized disclosure of deleted or pending answer content
Weaknesses		CWE-200
References		https://lists.apache.org/thread/rq3ygd0j9cchkbmh99dqf8624s7r8y49

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2026-08-05T15:12:08.100Z

Updated: 2026-08-06T14:38:36.910Z

Reserved: 2026-07-08T03:43:39.824Z

Link: CVE-2026-60023

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-05T16:32:59.473Z

NVD

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Redhat

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