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🛡️ CVE-2026-25700 — answer

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-1259 NVD
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Apache Answer: AdminToken not invalidated after admin deactivation in github.com/apache/answer

Apache Answer: AdminToken not invalidated after admin deactivation in github.com/apache/answer.

NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions.

(If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.)

The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/apache/answer before v2.0.1; github.com/apache/incubator-answer before v2.0.1.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-25700 is classified as CWE-1259: Improper Restriction of Security Token Assignment. The System-On-A-Chip (SoC) implements a Security Token mechanism to differentiate what actions are allowed or disallowed when a transaction originates from an entity. However, the Security Tokens are improperly protected.

Affected software

CVE-2026-25700 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • answer (fixed in 2.0.1)
  • github.com/apache/answer
  • github.com/apache/incubator-answer

Timeline and source

Published on 10 June 2026 and last revised on 19 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

lists.apache.org
www.openwall.com

Other advisories for this package

answer has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-1259: Improper Restriction of Security Token Assignment) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-1259
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-06-10
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-19
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
answer — 2.0.1
github.com/apache/answer — —
github.com/apache/incubator-answer — —

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