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.
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 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
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-48834

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Updated: 2026-08-05T16:30:13Z

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