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TI-2026-40217 Aliases CVE-2026-55704

Discourse: Shared-draft titles and excerpts leak through group post serialization

Priority LOW 20CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior o 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0, users who were allowed to view a group’s activity, but were not permitted to see shared drafts, could still receive shared-draft entries through the group posts and group mentions endpoints. This could disclose shared-draft topic titles and post excerpt/content, resulting in an information disclosure of unpublished draft material. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0027 19th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed discourse (discourse): 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
discoursediscoursebefore 2026.1.6; 2026.5.0-latest to before 2026.5.2; 2026.6.0-latest to before 2026.6.12026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1Patch availableCNA
  • discourse Vendordiscourse Affected before 2026.1.6; 2026.5.0-latest to before 2026.5.2; 2026.6.0-latest to before 2026.6.1 Fixed in 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——discourse
  • cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·discourse

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA discourse (discourse) Fixed in 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-55704

References

Other 1

  • TI-2022-22806 Discourse BBCode plugin vulnerable to arbitrary CSS injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • 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-2022-18730 Discourse Patreon vulnerable to improper validation of email during Patreon authentication CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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