CVE-2026-28282
Essential information
- Published
- 19/03/2026 22:16
- Modified
- 20/03/2026 13:39
- Author
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- Creator
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- CVSS
- 2.3 LOW (v3) 2.3 LOW (v4.0)
- CISA KEV
- No
- CWE
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- CVSS vector
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/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
CVSS metrics
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- Authentication
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- Confidentiality impact
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- Integrity impact
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- Availability impact
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- Attack vector
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- Attack complexity
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Scope
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- Attack vector
- NETWORK
- Attack complexity
- LOW
- Attack requirements
- PRESENT
- Privileges required
- LOW
- User interaction
- NONE
- Confidentiality (V)
- NONE
- Confidentiality (S)
- NONE
- Integrity (V)
- LOW
- Integrity (S)
- NONE
- Availability (V)
- NONE
- Availability (S)
- NONE
- Exploit maturity
- NOT_DEFINED
Description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 have a security flaw in the discourse-policy plugin which allowed a user with policy creation permission to gain membership access to any private/restricted groups. Once membership to a private/restricted group has been obtained, the user will be able to read private topics that only the group has access to. Versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. As a workaround, review all policies for the use of `add-users-to-group` and temporarily remove the attribute from the policy. Alternatively, disable the discourse-policy plugin by disabling the `policy_enabled` site setting.
NVD status
- Status
- Undergoing Analysis — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
- Source
- [email protected]
- NVD
- View on NVD
Affected products (CPE)
| Product | CPE |
|---|---|
| discourse / discourse | cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:<2026.3.0-latest.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| discourse / discourse | cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2026.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| discourse / discourse | cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2026.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |