A vulnerability in Apache Answer.
This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.2.
The question operation controller gates hide/show operations on the wrong permission check result (the unpin permission instead of the hide permission), so in custom role configurations that separate these permissions, a user granted only question.unpin can hide or restore questions without holding question.hide or question.show.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.3, which fixes the issue.
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| Description | A vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.2. The question operation controller gates hide/show operations on the wrong permission check result (the unpin permission instead of the hide permission), so in custom role configurations that separate these permissions, a user granted only question.unpin can hide or restore questions without holding question.hide or question.show. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.3, which fixes the issue. | |
| Title | Apache Answer: Incorrect permission mapping allows users with only the unpin permission to hide/show questions | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-863 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apache
Published: 2026-10-19T09:30:51.414Z
Updated: 2026-10-19T10:13:44.202Z
Reserved: 2026-07-21T04:52:45.735Z
Link: CVE-2026-64945
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-10-19T10:16:48.280
Modified: 2026-10-19T20:47:17.723
Link: CVE-2026-64945
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