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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2026-32615 EUVD-2026-17553

Discourse: Category group moderators can perform actions on topics in restricted categories without read access

Published Mar 31, 2026 · Updated Apr 1, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. From versions 2026.1.0-latest to before 2026.1.3, 2026.2.0-latest to before 2026.2.2, and 2026.3.0-latest to before 2026.3.0, category group moderators could perform privileged actions on topics inside private categories they did not have read access to. This issue has been patched in versions 2026.1.3, 2026.2.2, and 2026.3.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
discourse discourse >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.3, >= 2026.2.0-latest, < 2026.2.2, >= 2026.3.0-latest, < 2026.3.0 —

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