CVE 6.9 MEDIUM

Discourse allows permalinks to restricted resources to leak resource slugs to unauthorized users_CVE-2026-23743

6.9 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0, permalinks pointing to access-restricted resources (private topics, categories, posts, or hidden tags) were redirecting users to URLs containing the resource slug, even when the user didn't have access to view the resource. This leaked potentially sensitive information (e.g., private topic titles) via the redirect Location header and the 404 page's search box. This issue is patched in versions 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0. No known workarounds are available.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-23743
Source GitHub_M
Published Jan 28, 2026 at 20:07

Affected Product

Vendor discourse
Product discourse
Version < 3.5.4
Affected Versions discourse discourse < 3.5.4
discourse discourse >= 2025.11.0-latest, < 2025.11.2
discourse discourse >= 2025.12.0-latest, < 2025.12.1
discourse discourse >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.0

CWE Classification

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