CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-49256
6.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-07-09
- Last modified
- 2026-07-14
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 6.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5, restricted tag and tag-group names attached to publicly readable categories as allowed_tags, allowed_tag_groups, or required tag groups could leak to anonymous and unauthorized users through category and group endpoints. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5.
Affected configurations
• discourse discourse (>= 2026.1.0 < 2026.1.5)
• discourse discourse (>= 2026.4.0 < 2026.4.2)
• discourse discourse (>= 2026.5.0 < 2026.5.1)
• discourse discourse 2026.6.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.1.5 Release Notes, Patch
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.4.2 Release Notes
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.5.1 Release Notes
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.6.0 Release Notes
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-mwp7-572g-6qpx Vendor Advisory, Mitigation