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Medium · 6.3 CVE-2026-45788 EUVD-2026-42731

Discourse: Secure uploads exposed by hotlinked image copying

Published Jul 9, 2026 · Updated Jul 10, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5, secure uploads could be exposed by pull_hotlinked_images when an attacker knew the secured upload URL and the secure_uploads site setting was enabled. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
discourse discourse >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.5, >= 2026.4.0-latest, < 2026.4.2, >= 2026.5.0-latest, < 2026.5.1 —

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