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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2026-72723 EUVD-2026-55660

Discourse: Anonymous sidebar serialization exposes descriptions of category-restricted tags

Published Aug 10, 2026 · Updated Aug 10, 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, SiteSerializer.anonymous_default_navigation_menu_tags serializes tags from SiteSetting.default_navigation_menu_tags without applying DiscourseTagging.filter_visible for the anonymous viewer. An unauthenticated user can retrieve restricted tag names and descriptions through /site.json when those tags are limited by inaccessible categories, category tag groups, or tag-group permissions. 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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