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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb
Published
2026-08-17 05:44
Modified
2026-08-17 06:10
Summary
Discourse: Anonymous sidebar serialization exposes descriptions of category-restricted tags
Details

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0, SiteSerializer.anonymous_default_navigation_menu_tags serializes tags from SiteSetting.default_navigation_menu_tags without applying DiscourseTagging.filter_visible for the anonymous viewer. An unauthenticated user can retrieve restricted tag names and descriptions through /site.json when those tags are limited by inaccessible categories, category tag groups, or tag-group permissions. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "discourse",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/discourse"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2026.1.6"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "2026.5.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2026.5.2"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "2026.6.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2026.6.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-72723"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0, SiteSerializer.anonymous_default_navigation_menu_tags serializes tags from SiteSetting.default_navigation_menu_tags without applying DiscourseTagging.filter_visible for the anonymous viewer. An unauthenticated user can retrieve restricted tag names and descriptions through /site.json when those tags are limited by inaccessible categories, category tag groups, or tag-group permissions. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0.",
  "id": "BIT-discourse-2026-72723",
  "modified": "2026-08-17T06:10:32.268Z",
  "published": "2026-08-17T05:44:24.499Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0248e9ca82d0493037a9ca04d73904ccfad795f9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/03444ddb74d535dda557350f4c5800a6ec2669d7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/900f51c147913f667e64484c2f2dd48c723314ac"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/da84c677213cac3b024e753f180f45472b89efde"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42091"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42092"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42093"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42094"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-4p6q-h74v-5j7p"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72723"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "summary": "Discourse: Anonymous sidebar serialization exposes descriptions of category-restricted tags"
}



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