HIGHpublic-safe

CVE-2026-48834

NVD: Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency vulnerability in Apache Answer. NVD: This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.1. NVD: Unauthenticated attackers can cause a denial of service via a specially crafted Accept-Language header that triggers excessive CPU consumption during parsing.

CVSS
7.5 Severity
HIGH EPSS
0.0049 (40) KEV
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Source-published summary

Possible impact

Source describes service availability risk · remote exposure · authenticated boundary. Possible impact: The affected service may become unavailable or unreliable.

Affected context

vendor/product: apache / answer

Remediation / advisory

Patch confirmed by source text; fixed version context: version.

Why it matters

Source describes service availability risk · remote exposure · authenticated boundary. Possible impact: The affected service may become unavailable or unreliable.; CVSS 7.5 (HIGH); EPSS percentile 40; not listed in KEV; Patch confirmed by source text; fixed version context: version; sources: NVD, OSV, Vendor Advisory.

What to verify

Confirm affected product/version, vendor advisory, patch or mitigation, and exposure.

Exposure hint

remote exposure

Impact tags

service availability reviewremote exposure relevantauthenticated boundary review

Urgency reasons

CVSS HIGHaffected product presentvendor advisory presentrecent updateremediation reference present

Source-derived note

Summary derived from NVD / OSV / Vendor Advisory description; unsafe procedural detail is not shown.

Redaction metadata

source summary used: True
fallback summary used: False
unsafe procedural detail present: false
raw source displayed: false
public summary redacted: true

Remediation handoff

Public-safe static handoff for human/Codex remediation planning. Scan, patch, external execution, and auto remediation are disabled.

Handoff JSON Handoff Markdown Safe Codex prompt

Safety note

This radar shows source-published defensive context only. Exploit procedures, exploit strings, scanner commands, and auto-remediation are not provided.