CVE-2026-90910
Apache Answer: Reaction API authorization bypass for restricted content
Missing authentication for critical function vulnerability in Apache Answer.
This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.2.
The reaction API did not enforce content visibility controls, allowing unauthorized users to read reaction metadata from restricted content or add and remove their own reactions.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.3, which fixes the issue.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Apache Answer: Reaction API authorization bypass for restricted content
Missing authentication for critical function vulnerability in Apache Answer.
This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.2.
The reaction API did not enforce content visibility controls, allowing unauthorized users to read reaction metadata from restricted content or add and remove their own reactions.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.3, which fixes the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-90910- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-104165
Missing authentication for critical function vulnerability in Apache Answer.
This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.2.
The reaction API did not enforce content visibility controls, allowing unauthorized users to read reaction metadata from restricted content or add and remove their own reactions.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.3, which fixes the issue.
- Record
EUVD-2026-104165- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q532-rv5p-f5vr
Missing authentication for critical function vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue...
Missing authentication for critical function vulnerability in Apache Answer.
This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.2.
The reaction API did not enforce content visibility controls, allowing unauthorized users to read reaction metadata from restricted content or add and remove their own reactions.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.3, which fixes the issue.
- Record
GHSA-q532-rv5p-f5vr- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Missing authentication for critical function vulnerability in Apache Answer.
This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.2.
The reaction API did not enforce content visibility controls, allowing unauthorized users to read reaction metadata from restricted content or add and remove their own reactions.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.3, which fixes the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-90910- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-90910 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Apache Software Foundation Answer, published October 19, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.48%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.