CVE-2026-64945 PUBLISHED

Apache Answer: Incorrect permission mapping allows users with only the unpin permission to hide/show questions

Assigner: apache
Reserved: 21.07.2026 Published: 19.10.2026 Updated: 19.10.2026

A vulnerability in Apache Answer.

This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.2.

The question operation controller gates hide/show operations on the wrong permission check result (the unpin permission instead of the hide permission), so in custom role configurations that separate these permissions, a user granted only question.unpin can hide or restore questions without holding question.hide or question.show.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.3, which fixes the issue.

Product Status

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Answer
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.0.2 (incl.)

Credits

  • meifukun reporter

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization CWE