Vulnerability · Published Mar 31, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-32615Discourse: Category group moderators can perform actions on topics in restricted categories without read access

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw 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 5% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
discourse	discourse	>= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.3>= 2026.2.0-latest, < 2026.2.2>= 2026.3.0-latest, < 2026.3.0

Weakness: CWE-285 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-pr9m-5hpq-wc57 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5a00b47523ec70cbb6e8efc3ac7677cc0a91448b x_refsource_MISC