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Low · 1.3 CVE-2026-27152 EUVD-2026-8891

DIscourse has DM communication-preference bypass when adding members

Published Feb 26, 2026 · Updated Mar 3, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, DM communication-preference bypass when adding members via `Chat::AddUsersToChannel` — a user could add targets who have blocked/ignored/muted them to an existing DM channel, bypassing per-recipient PM restrictions that are enforced during DM channel creation. Versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0 patch the issue. No known workarounds are available.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
discourse discourse < 2025.12.2, >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.1, >= 2026.2.0-latest, < 2026.2.0 —

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