What is GHSA-9mxc-x85j-v2wc?

GHSA-9mxc-x85j-v2wc is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-9mxc-x85j-v2wc cover?

GHSA-9mxc-x85j-v2wc covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-48834. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-9mxc-x85j-v2wc?

GHSA-9mxc-x85j-v2wc has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-9mxc-x85j-v2wcHighCVSS 7.5

Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 5, 2026

Last Modified

August 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-48834 →

📋 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.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48834
https://lists.apache.org/thread/0yg5smwnbrhqs55m5h61gn42mcs8s95p
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/05/9
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9mxc-x85j-v2wc