Vulnerability · Published May 19, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-33514Discourse: Information Disclosure in Form Template API Due to Missing Authorization

Medium 6.0

In plain English

A medium-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)6.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 83.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. In versions prior to 2026.1.4, 2026.3.1, 2026.4.1 and 2026.5.0-latest.1, an authenticated user on a Discourse instance with the form templates feature enabled can read the name and structured content of form templates that are intended exclusively for categories they are not authorized to access. Impact is limited to disclosure of site configuration metadata. This issue has been fixed in versions 2026.1.4, 2026.3.1, 2026.4.1 and 2026.5.0-latest.1.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
discourse discourse < 2026.1.4>= 2026.3.0-latest, < 2026.3.1>= 2026.4.0-latest, < 2026.4.1>= 2026.5.0-latest , < 2026.5.0-latest.1

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

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