BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-33408 Discourse has Improper Authorization in "Post Edits" Report For Moderators

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0, 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, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. No known workarounds are available...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-33395 Discourse has stored click‑based XSS via Graphviz SVG javascript: links

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, the discourse-graphviz plugin contains a stored cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability that allows authenticated users to inject malicious JavaScript code through DOT graph definitions. For...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-33394 Discourse leaks PM post edits to moderators

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, the Post Edits admin report /admin/reports/postedits leaked the first 40 characters of raw post content from private messages and secure categories to moderators who shouldn't have access. Version...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-33393 Discourse fixes loose hostname matching in spam host allowlist

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, the allowedspamhostdomains check used Stringendwith? without domain boundary validation, allowing domains like attacker-example.com to bypass spam protection when example.com was allowlisted...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-33355 Discourse filters whisper posts from private-posts feed

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, the /private-posts endpoint did not apply post-type visibility filtering, allowing regular PM participants to see whisper posts in PM topics they had access to. Versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-33291 Discourse user can create Zendesk tickets even when it does not have access to topic

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, moderators can create Zendesk tickets for topics they do not have access to view. This affects all forums that use the Zendesk plugin. Versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. No...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-33251 Discourse has a Hidden Solved topics permission bypass

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, an authorization bypass vulnerability in hidden Solved topics may allow unauthorized users to accept or unaccept solutions. Versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. As a...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-32114 Discourse's unscoped status lookups leak restricted metadata

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, there is an Insecure Direct Object Reference IDOR vulnerability that allows any authenticated user to access metadata about AI personas, features, and LLM models by providing their identifiers. Th...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-31869 Discourse: Composer mentions endpoint leaks hidden group membership through PM `allowed_names` check

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, the ComposerControllermentions endpoint reveals hidden group membership to any authenticated user who can message the group. By supplying allowednames referencing a hidden-membership group and...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-31805 Discourse has a poll authorization bypass via post_id array parameter

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, an authorization bypass in the poll plugin allowed authenticated users to vote on, remove votes from, or toggle the open/closed status of polls they did not have access to. By passing postid as an...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-30891 Discourse hasUnauthorized Exposure of Private User Action Types

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, a user could access another user's private activity due to insufficient authorization checks in the user actions endpoint. Versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-30889 Discourse has Unauthorized Post Data Exposure in discourse-user-notes

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, a moderator could exploit insufficient authorization checks to access metadata of posts they should not have permission to view. Versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-30888 Discourse has moderator privilege escalation via arbitrary post_id in suspend/silence endpoint

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 allow a moderator to edit site policy documents ToS, guidelines, privacy policy that they are explicitly prohibited from modifying. Versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. No kno...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-29072 Discourse missing permission check for policy creation in discourse-policy

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, users who do not belong to the allowed policy creation groups can create functional policy acceptance widgets in posts under the right conditions. Versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-28282 Discourse vulnerable to group membership addition permission bypass via discourse-policy plugin

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 have a security flaw in the discourse-policy plugin which allowed a user with policy creation permission to gain membership access to any private/restricted groups. Once membership to a...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-27936 Discourse discloses restricted post-action counts to non-privileged users

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, a restriction bypass allows restricted post action counts to be disclosed to non-privileged users through a carefully crafted request. Versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. No...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-27935 Discourse leaks private topic metadata to non-authorized users

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 have a vulnerability in an API endpoint that discloses private topic metadata of admin users to moderator users even if the moderators do not have access to the private topics. Versions 2026.3.0,...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-27934 Discourse leaks private topic title and post excerpt via user action API endpoint

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 have a lack of visibility checks with a user action API endpoint that results in disclosure of the title and post excerpt to unauthorized users, leading to information disclosure. Versions 2026.3.0...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-27740 Discourse has Stored XSS in AI Triage Automation

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 have a cross-site scripting vulnerability that arises because the system trusts the raw output from an AI Large Language Model LLM and renders it using htmlSafe in the Review Queue interface withou...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-27570 Discourse Vulnerable to Stored XSS via Shared AI Conversation Onebox

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, the onebox method in the SharedAiConversation model renders the conversation title directly into HTML without proper sanitization. Versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. As a...