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...