Discourse leaks private topic title and post excerpt via user action API endpoint
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-201.
Summary
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 have a lack of visibility checks with a user action API endpoint that results in disclosure of the title and post excerpt to unauthorized users, leading to information disclosure. Versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. No known workarounds are available.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| discourse | discourse | 2026.1.0-latest to before 2026.1.2; 2026.2.0-latest to before 2026.2.1; = 2026.3.0-latest | 2026.1.2, 2026.2.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- discourse Vendordiscourse Affected 2026.1.0-latest to before 2026.1.2; 2026.2.0-latest to before 2026.2.1; = 2026.3.0-latest Fixed in 2026.1.2, 2026.2.1 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA discourse (discourse) Fixed in 2026.1.2, 2026.2.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-27934
- 2026-10-14 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Discourse vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-19656 Denial of Service in discourse CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2024-36150 Potential Backup file leaked via Nginx in Discourse CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-18002 RCE via malicious SNS subscription payload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-24651 Discourse: Open redirect via `sso_destination_url` cookie in `enter` CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
- TI-2023-24152 Unauthenticated access to new private chat messages in Discourse CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-33232 Bypass of Discourse Connect using other login paths if enabled in Discourse CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
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