01 Record
CVE-2026-91157
Discourse: Media uploads remain publicly accessible after category permissions are restricted
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score7.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
02 Description
Discourse: Media uploads remain publicly accessible after category permissions are restricted
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
- 0.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 41.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-20.
- 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
- 2026-10-14 15:37Z14 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-20 01:35Z9 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-09-14
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- f79df2ba4c4368821713abd1eab24bc57285ac3644f8f9ceb43b45aaf0b7b082
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
discoursediscourse< 2026.1.9, >= 2026.7.0-latest, < 2026.7.3, >= 2026.8.0-latest, < 2026.8.1, >= 2026.9.0-latest, < 2026.9.0—
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-298h-xgw6-4pv3
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/16017732981fdb3ee65d7b3c69c573610bf02aab
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/83f5f9f1df7ddc79ec0950e1b2038ba659635708
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/98f1c021d0e956cded5239a5d8a6afe2b9e1b7e7
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b2fb98394b2636b29e850f06b0029f8ca8b48458