CVE-2026-28282
Discourse vulnerable to group membership addition permission bypass via discourse-policy plugin
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 2.3 Low
- Published
- Mar 19, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 20, 2026
- Reserved
- Feb 26, 2026
Description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 have a security flaw in the discourse-policy plugin which allowed a user with policy creation permission to gain membership access to any private/restricted groups. Once membership to a private/restricted group has been obtained, the user will be able to read private topics that only the group has access to. Versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. As a workaround, review all policies for the use of `add-users-to-group` and temporarily remove the attribute from the policy. Alternatively, disable the discourse-policy plugin by disabling the `policy_enabled` site setting.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 2.3 Low | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
discoursediscourse |
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References
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-6cc8-x3rm-j5pf
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/64e2514ac17046cfaa8bc68a3c5140bc40736add
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c14b8a4cc5fc94e4839a83c5d55765897589f45b
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/dcde9de530f515e88f99957056ffbcc2e1e03951
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