CVE-2024-26578 Apache Answer: Repeated submission at registration created duplicate users with the same name

2024-02-2209:28:15

CWE-362

apache

github.com

cve-2024-26578

repeated submission

registration

duplicate users

concurrent execution

shared resource

improper synchronization

race condition

apache answer

upgrade

AI Score

6.9

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

Technical Impact

partial

JSON

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (‘Race Condition’) vulnerability in Apache Answer.This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.2.1.

Repeated submission during registration resulted in the registration of the same user. When users register, if they rapidly submit multiple registrations using scripts, it can result in the creation of multiple user accounts simultaneously with the same name.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version [1.2.5], which fixes the issue.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
    "product": "Apache Answer",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "1.2.1"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]