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CVE-2026-26973

· Published 26/02/2026 20:31 · Modified 27/02/2026 14:06

Labels: CVE-2026-26973 2026-02-26CVE-2026-26973CWE-863[email protected]

Essential information

Published
26/02/2026 20:31
Modified
27/02/2026 14:06
Author
Creator
CVSS
4.3 MEDIUM (v3.1)
CISA KEV
No
CWE
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS metrics

Description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0 have an IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference) in `ReviewableNotesController`. When `enable_category_group_moderation` is enabled, a user belonging to a category moderation group can create or delete their own notes on **any** reviewable in the system, including reviewables in categories they do not moderate. The controller used an unscoped `Reviewable.find` and the `ensure_can_see` guard only checked whether the user could access the review queue in general, not whether they could access the specific reviewable. Only instances with `enable_category_group_moderation` enabled are affected. Staff users (admins/moderators) are not impacted as they already have access to all reviewables. The issue is patched in versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0 by scoping the reviewable lookup through `Reviewable.viewable_by(current_user)`. As a workaround, disable the `enable_category_group_moderation` site setting. This removes the attack surface as only staff users will have access to the review queue.

NVD status

Status
Awaiting Analysis — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
Source
[email protected]
NVD
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Affected products (CPE)

ProductCPE
discourse / discourse cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:<2025.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*
discourse / discourse cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:<2026.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
discourse / discourse cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:<2026.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*

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