BIT-discourse-2026-28227

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Import Source

https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/discourse/BIT-discourse-2026-28227.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-discourse-2026-28227

Aliases

CVE-2026-28227

Published

2026-03-03T13:29:32.408Z

Modified

2026-03-03T14:28:52.526523Z

Summary

Discourse Vulnerable to Unauthorized Topic Creation in Staff-Only Categories via Topic Timer publish_to_category

Details

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, TL4 users can publish topics into staff-only categories via the publish_to_category topic timer, bypassing authorization checks. Versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0 patch the issue. No known workarounds are available.

Database specific

{
    "severity": "Low",
    "cpes": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ]
}

References

Affected packages

Bitnami / discourse

Package

Name: discourse
Purl: pkg:bitnami/discourse

Severity

1.2 (Low) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS Calculator

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2025.12.2

Introduced

2026.1.0

Fixed

2026.1.1

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/discourse/BIT-discourse-2026-28227.json"