Description
Improper Authorization vulnerability in Apache Answer.

This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.1.

Any authenticated user can reject arbitrary pending edit-revisions without review permission due to a missing authorization check on the reject operation.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.2, which fixes the issue.
Published: 2026-08-05
Score: n/a
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Description Improper Authorization vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.1. Any authenticated user can reject arbitrary pending edit-revisions without review permission due to a missing authorization check on the reject operation. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.2, which fixes the issue.
Title Apache Answer: Missing authorization in revision audit reject allows authenticated users to reject pending revisions
Weaknesses CWE-863
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-05T16:32:57.029Z

Reserved: 2026-06-06T16:56:13.231Z

Link: CVE-2026-50749

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Updated: 2026-08-05T16:30:12Z

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