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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2026-72722 EUVD-2026-55659

Discourse: Duplicate lookup reveals restricted topic titles through canonicalized URLs

Published Aug 10, 2026 · Updated Aug 13, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0, TopicLink.extract_from, TopicLink.ensure_entry_for, and TopicLink.duplicate_lookup do not consistently enforce Guardian.can_see? checks when processing internal links. An authenticated user can submit links to restricted topics, private messages, or hidden posts and receive canonicalized slugs or titles in the composer_messages duplicate_lookup response even though the targets are not visible to that user. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
discourse discourse < 2026.1.6, >= 2026.5.0-latest, < 2026.5.2, >= 2026.6.0-latest, < 2026.6.1, >= 2026.7.0-latest, < 2026.7.0 —

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