CVE-2026-72722
Discourse: Duplicate lookup reveals restricted topic titles through canonicalized URLs
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.3 Medium
- Published
- Aug 10, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 13, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 10, 2026
Description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0, TopicLink.extract_from, TopicLink.ensure_entry_for, and TopicLink.duplicate_lookup do not consistently enforce Guardian.can_see? checks when processing internal links. An authenticated user can submit links to restricted topics, private messages, or hidden posts and receive canonicalized slugs or titles in the composer_messages duplicate_lookup response even though the targets are not visible to that user. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
discoursediscourse |
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References
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-4fx9-5m29-83p4
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42091
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42092
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42093
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42094
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/45abd925e46e8be40d2d047bced26628f26e4e31
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/7d7ce546ac86e24a6512b321ace69fc52fe37bf4
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/836a251d54a1004fb1c463a7d299b933b176191f
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/e54ba27eacee0f14f315e510e287e7ac2e4bdb1a
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