CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-48834
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-08-05
- Last modified
- 2026-10-23
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400
Description
Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency vulnerability in Apache Answer.
This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.1.
Unauthenticated attackers can cause a denial of service via a specially crafted Accept-Language header that triggers excessive CPU consumption during parsing.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.2, which fixes the issue.
Affected configurations
• apache answer (< 2.0.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/0yg5smwnbrhqs55m5h61gn42mcs8s95p Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/05/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory