Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Apache Answer.

This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.0.

The server did not sufficiently validate user-supplied image URLs, allowing arbitrary external content to be embedded as profile images, which could expose users to unintended external requests and tracking by third-party servers.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.1, which fixes the issue.

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Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:45:00 +0000

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Description Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.0. The server did not sufficiently validate user-supplied image URLs, allowing arbitrary external content to be embedded as profile images, which could expose users to unintended external requests and tracking by third-party servers. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.1, which fixes the issue.
Title Apache Answer: The custom avatar was not properly validated
Weaknesses CWE-434
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-09T07:34:38.977Z

Reserved: 2026-03-25T13:35:37.170Z

Link: CVE-2026-34031

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-09T09:16:29.310

Modified: 2026-06-09T09:16:29.310

Link: CVE-2026-34031

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Updated: 2026-06-09T09:30:36Z

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