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Vulnerability · Published Jul 9, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-45788Discourse: Secure uploads exposed by hotlinked image copying

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity information exposure 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 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.4% 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 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5, secure uploads could be exposed by pull_hotlinked_images when an attacker knew the secured upload URL and the secure_uploads site setting was enabled. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
discourse discourse >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.5>= 2026.4.0-latest, < 2026.4.2>= 2026.5.0-latest, < 2026.5.1

Weakness: CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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