CVE-2026-72723
Discourse: Anonymous sidebar serialization exposes descriptions of category-restricted tags
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Aug 10, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 10, 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, SiteSerializer.anonymous_default_navigation_menu_tags serializes tags from SiteSetting.default_navigation_menu_tags without applying DiscourseTagging.filter_visible for the anonymous viewer. An unauthenticated user can retrieve restricted tag names and descriptions through /site.json when those tags are limited by inaccessible categories, category tag groups, or tag-group permissions. 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 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-4p6q-h74v-5j7p
- 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/0248e9ca82d0493037a9ca04d73904ccfad795f9
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/03444ddb74d535dda557350f4c5800a6ec2669d7
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/900f51c147913f667e64484c2f2dd48c723314ac
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/da84c677213cac3b024e753f180f45472b89efde
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