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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2022-23641 EUVD-2022-28589

Denial of Service in Discourse

Published Feb 15, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 2.8.1 in the `stable` branch, 2.9.0.beta2 in the `beta` branch, and 2.9.0.beta2 in the `tests-passed` branch, users can trigger a Denial of Service attack by posting a streaming URL. Parsing Oneboxes in the background job trigger an infinite loop, which cause memory leaks. This issue is patched in version 2.8.1 of the `stable` branch, 2.9.0.beta2 of the `beta` branch, and 2.9.0.beta2 of the `tests-passed` branch. As a workaround, disable onebox in admin panel completely or specify allow list of domains that will be oneboxed.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
discourse discourse stable <= 2.8.0, beta <= 2.9.0.beta1, tests-passed <= 2.9.0.beta1 —

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