Vulnerability · Published Mar 19, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-29072Discourse missing permission check for policy creation in discourse-policy

High 8.2

In plain English

A high-severity missing authorization in discourse from discourse. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.2High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, users who do not belong to the allowed policy creation groups can create functional policy acceptance widgets in posts under the right conditions. Versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. As a workaround, disable the discourse-policy plugin by disabling the `policy_enabled` site setting.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
discourse	discourse	>= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.2>= 2026.2.0-latest, < 2026.2.1= 2026.3.0-latest

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-7ph8-vprq-4jrp x_refsource_CONFIRM