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SCA: security update for github.com/apache/incubator-answer (GHSA-85r2-pvg8-89r9)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 445576

Description

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

 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue
 affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.0. The unlisted question feature did not enforce access restrictions on
 direct API endpoints, allowing authenticated users to discover and access unlisted questions, their
 answers, comments, and revision history. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.1, which fixes
 the issue. (CVE-2026-34905)

Solution

Update the github.com/apache/incubator-answer library and its related packages to version 1.7.2-0.20260509071350-11c80384f13a or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-85r2-pvg8-89r9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445576

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/1/2026

Updated: 8/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.76

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-34905

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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-2026-34905

cwe: CWE-200