BIT-discourse-2023-38706

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Import Source

https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/discourse/BIT-discourse-2023-38706.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-discourse-2023-38706

Aliases

CVE-2023-38706
GHSA-7wpp-4pqg-gvp8

Published

2024-03-06T10:54:51.089Z

Modified

2026-03-25T18:00:06.711856Z

Summary

Discourse vulnerable to DoS via drafts

Details

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.1.1 of the stable branch, a malicious user can create an unlimited number of drafts with very long draft keys which may end up exhausting the resources on the server. The issue is patched in version 3.1.1 of the stable branch. There are no known workarounds.

Database specific

{
    "cpes": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:stable:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:beta:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta1:*:*:beta:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta2:*:*:beta:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta3:*:*:beta:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta5:*:*:beta:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta6:*:*:beta:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta7:*:*:beta:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta8:*:*:beta:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
}

References

Affected packages

Bitnami / discourse

Package

Name: discourse
Purl: pkg:bitnami/discourse

Severity

6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.1.1

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/discourse/BIT-discourse-2023-38706.json"