CVE-2024-41888· NVD / CVE Program· CNA apache

Apache Answer: The link for resetting user password is not Single-Use

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.3.5. The password reset link remains valid within its expiration period even after it has been used. This could potentially lead to the link being misused or hijacked. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.3.6, which fixes the issue.

MediumCVSS 5.3 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Pre-auth

Published: Aug 12, 2024
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 1.2% · 68th percentile
CWE: CWE-772

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Low priority for now.

CVSS: 21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 1.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

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Affected systems

Vendor	Product	CPE
apache	answer	cpe:2.3:a:apache:answer

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

apache answerbefore 1.3.6

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apache). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Apache Software Foundation Apache Answer
- up to and including 1.3.5affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
Go	github.com/apache/incubator-answer	before 1.3.6	1.3.6

Same product

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
Apache Software Foundation Apache Answer	1.3.6 · description	Vendor (CNA)
Go:github.com/apache/incubator-answer	1.3.6	Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Mohammad Reza Omranireporter

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2024-418900 days apartApache Answer: The link to reset the user's password will remain valid after sending a new link
21Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).