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Vulnerability · Published Mar 19, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-28282Discourse vulnerable to group membership addition permission bypass via discourse-policy plugin

Low 2.3

In plain English

A low-severity incorrect 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 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)2.3Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 71.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 have a security flaw in the discourse-policy plugin which allowed a user with policy creation permission to gain membership access to any private/restricted groups. Once membership to a private/restricted group has been obtained, the user will be able to read private topics that only the group has access to. Versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. As a workaround, review all policies for the use of `add-users-to-group` and temporarily remove the attribute from the policy. Alternatively, disable the discourse-policy plugin by disabling the `policy_enabled` site setting.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
discourse discourse >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.2>= 2026.2.0-latest, < 2026.2.1= 2026.3.0-latest

Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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