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SCA: security update for github.com/apache/incubator-answer (GHSA-9q24-hwmc-797x)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413409

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') vulnerability
 in Apache Answer.This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.2.1. Repeated submission during registration
 resulted in the registration of the same user. When users register, if they rapidly submit multiple
 registrations using scripts, it can result in the creation of multiple user accounts simultaneously with
 the same name. Users are recommended to upgrade to version [1.2.5], which fixes the issue.
 (CVE-2024-26578)

Solution

Update the github.com/apache/incubator-answer library and its related packages to version 1.2.5 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9q24-hwmc-797x

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 413409

Version: Revision 1.18

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.93

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-26578

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-26578

cwe: CWE-362