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.

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Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title Apache Answer: Denial of service via crafted Accept-Language header parsing
Weaknesses CWE-400
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-06T14:35:47.589Z

Reserved: 2026-05-25T11:13:04.242Z

Link: CVE-2026-48834

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-05T16:32:54.160Z

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-06T18:00:05Z

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