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SCA: security update for github.com/apache/incubator-answer (GHSA-6qwm-5fm9-cvjx)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 445571

Description

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

 - Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in Apache
 Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.0. User-supplied content was included in
 notification emails without proper escaping, allowing authenticated users to inject arbitrary HTML into
 emails sent to other users. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.1, which fixes the issue.
 (CVE-2026-34033)

Solution

Update the github.com/apache/incubator-answer library and its related packages to version 1.7.2-0.20260509080709-d1a4092c61cc or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6qwm-5fm9-cvjx

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445571

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/1/2026

Updated: 8/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.48

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-34033

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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: 6/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-34033