01 Record
CVE-2026-27935
Discourse leaks private topic metadata to non-authorized users
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score6.9 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
02 Description
Discourse leaks private topic metadata to non-authorized users
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 20.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.9 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-03-19 21:33Z7 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-03-20 16:28Z7 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-02-25
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-201Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent DataBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 1255af96d2282eba1c49cd0bc2e6ad15493a951dc8fa1934faa0a0e5147de39a
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
discoursediscourse>= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.2, >= 2026.2.0-latest, < 2026.2.1, = 2026.3.0-latest—
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-wxqr-r4wv-cw76
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c0f6e9a903800de0dda65c114418ae703d8a51fc
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/d8dbb4cb189cded8c9e8b3ada859fc0db3f41897
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/f37e4fdf8391e4a54f1885a3a5514d390eb28bab