01 Record
CVE-2026-44787
Discourse: Signup-time primary_group_id assignment grants whisperer access
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score8.2 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
02 Description
Discourse: Signup-time primary_group_id assignment grants whisperer access
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
- 0.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 51.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-14.
- 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
- 2026-07-09 22:03Z3 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-07-10 20:59Z3 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-05-07
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.2)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 42672e1353a1cd7eafead9950ccf58fd4a5c1a3938de0df34fb17252d04106ce
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
discoursediscourse>= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.5, >= 2026.4.0-latest, < 2026.4.2, >= 2026.5.0-latest, < 2026.5.1—
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-vmwq-jvxx-jwfx
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/012796ac28c85b30aa233c5ef042fc66efff8126
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0f50a07a6ef4b33f3f826ce6d7bf6d7bd16912d8
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5418e3027dba109e27a4796463686d61e190ac29
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6fc7e6cf04422fc3f9d1c99134803071e983ff0a
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.1.5
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.4.2
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.5.1
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.6.0