# CVE-2026-118409: Apache Roller: Commenter email addresses recoverable through public search

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Attention: Reference. No open trigger. (last checked 2026-11-11)
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-11-11 · Updated: 2026-11-11

CVE-2026-118409 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 5.3 (medium) and affects Apache Roller; a fix or patch is referenced.

## Summary

Apache Roller is affected: an unauthenticated visitor can remotely recover the email addresses of people who left approved comments by using the public weblog search. The search index stored those addresses, and wildcard queries can confirm them one character at a time.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Apache Software Foundation Apache Roller: from 4.0, through 6.1.6

## Description

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Roller 4.0 through 6.1.6 allows an unauthenticated visitor to recover the email addresses of people who left approved comments. The search index stored commenter email addresses, and the public weblog search accepted queries on that field, including wildcard queries that confirm an address one character at a time. Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache Roller 6.1.7 or later and rebuild the search index.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apache Software Foundation Apache Roller, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## Check your systems with an agent

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Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-118409 (Apache Roller: Commenter email addresses recoverable through public search), using the cve.now data below.

Rules: work read-only. Do not run exploit code, proof-of-concept scripts or scanners that send attack payloads, and do not change any configuration, package, image or deployment. Report findings only.

What cve.now has for CVE-2026-118409 (entry last updated 2026-11-11):
Affected:
- Apache Software Foundation Apache Roller: from 4.0, through 6.1.6
Fixed versions: none listed yet.
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-118409 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
This KEV status is for CVE-2026-118409 only. If you also check another CVE, look up its own KEV status; never assume it from this one.

How to check:
- Installed software: check what is actually running, not what a repo declares. Read the version from each host, container image and Kubernetes node (the binary's version output, the OS package database, image layers), and check whether the conditions above hold there. Distribution packages may carry a backported fix under an older version number; confirm against the distribution's own advisory.

Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/nf6c1qfdclkf61s3h8p8chf4y7ztjlwd
- https://github.com/apache/roller/pull/225
Do not conclude an asset is unaffected unless you checked it and the evidence covers both its version and the conditions above. If you could not check something, mark it unknown and say what is missing.

Report a table with one row per asset and these columns: Asset | Version or build | Status (affected, fixed, not applicable, unknown) | Compensating controls | Exposure (internet-facing, internal, none) | Evidence | Next action.

Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-118409
For follow-up questions, use the cve.now MCP server at https://mcp.cve.now/mcp (no authentication), for example execute with name cve.get and arguments {"id": "CVE-2026-118409"}.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-118409 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-118409

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-118409?

Apache Roller: from 4.0 through 6.1.6.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-118409

## Related

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## References

### Vendor advisory

Establishes: Affected and fixed versions.

- https://lists.apache.org/thread/nf6c1qfdclkf61s3h8p8chf4y7ztjlwd

### CVE record

Establishes: The identifier and description.

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118409
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118409

### Other links

- https://github.com/apache/roller/pull/225

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