BIT-discourse-2026-21865

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Import Source
https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/discourse/BIT-discourse-2026-21865.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-discourse-2026-21865
Aliases
Published
2026-02-02T08:42:28.354Z
Modified
2026-02-02T09:26:09.837391Z
Summary
Discourse topic conversion permission vulnerability for moderators
Details

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0, moderators can convert some personal messages to public topics when they shouldn't have access. This issue is patched in versions 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0. As a workaround, site admin can temporarily revoke the moderation role from untrusted moderators or remove the moderator group from the "personal message enabled groups" site setting until the Discourse instance has been upgraded to a version that has been patched.

Database specific
{
    "cpes": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "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:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.5.4
Introduced
2025.11.0
Fixed
2025.11.2
Introduced
2025.12.0
Fixed
2025.12.1
Introduced
2026.1.0
Fixed
2026.1.0

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/discourse/BIT-discourse-2026-21865.json"