Discourse has Improper Authorization in "Post Edits" Report For Moderators

published 2026-03-19 7 mo ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-discourse-2026-33408 , EUVD-2026-13403 , GHSA-wf9r-386h-g29c

cvss: 2.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
public exploits: 0; none known

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, moderators were able to see the first 40 characters of post edits in PMs and private categories. Versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. No known workarounds are available.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 3

bitnami discourse 2026.1.2, 2026.2.1, 2026.3.0
discourse discourse 2026.1.2, 2026.2.1

github.com/discourse/discourse@3bf3793 commit
github.com/discourse/discourse@4732882 commit
github.com/discourse/discourse@6272142 commit

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 7 mo ago (2026-03-20)

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	2.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	2.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
OSV	3.1	2.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
bitnami	discourse	>=2026.1.0, <2026.1.2 >=2026.2.0, <2026.2.1 >=2026.3.0, <2026.3.0	2026.1.2 2026.2.1 2026.3.0

Affected products

discourse discourse

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary