What is CVE-2025-29868?

CVE-2025-29868 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Answer, classified under CWE-495. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-04-01.

How severe is CVE-2025-29868?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-29868 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Apache Answer

CVE-2025-29868

Private Data Structure Returned From A Public Method vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.4.2. If a user uses an externally referenced image, when a user accesses this image, the provider of the ima…

EPSS: 0.009 (55.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Apache Answer
Apache Software Foundation Answer — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-495

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

security@apache.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-29868?: CVE-2025-29868 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Answer, classified under CWE-495. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-04-01.
How severe is CVE-2025-29868?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-29868 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.