CVE-2026-50749

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-05. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.5%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Improper Authorization vulnerability in Apache Answer.

This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.1.

Any authenticated user can reject arbitrary pending edit-revisions without review permission due to a missing authorization check on the reject operation. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.2, which fixes the issue.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
29
EG Risk 29/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.5%
EPSS %ILE
38th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 5, 2026

Last Modified

August 6, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 6, 2026
Fix named in the CVE record.
generic

oss-security - CVE-2026-50749: Apache Answer: Missing authorization in revision audit reject allows authenticated users to reject pending revisions

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/05/12

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-50749(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 64× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 153 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 06:01 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-04 06:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
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  11. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
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  20. 2026-09-25 09:02 UTCEG score recompute
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  24. 2026-09-23 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-23 03:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  6. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
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  9. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-18 08:37 UTCEG score recompute
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  26. 2026-09-11 14:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-09-10 08:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-09 06:22 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-09-09 06:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
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  39. 2026-09-05 18:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  42. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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  45. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
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  47. 2026-09-02 07:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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  50. 2026-09-01 02:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-08-30 23:38 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-08-30 23:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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  55. 2026-08-29 21:23 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-08-29 21:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
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  59. 2026-08-27 13:43 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-08-27 13:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  72. 2026-08-22 02:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  74. 2026-08-21 00:01 UTCEG score recompute
  75. 2026-08-21 00:01 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-50749?
CVE-2026-50749 is a medium vulnerability published on August 5, 2026. Improper Authorization vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.1. Any authenticated user can reject arbitrary pending edit-revisions without review permission due to a missing authorization check on the reject operation. Users are recommended to upgrade to…
When was CVE-2026-50749 disclosed?
CVE-2026-50749 was first published on August 5, 2026, with the most recent update on August 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-50749 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-50749 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (38th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-50749?
CVE-2026-50749 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-50749?
A fix for CVE-2026-50749 is available — its CVE record says: "Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.2, which fixes the issue." The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-50749 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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