CVE 6.5 MEDIUM

Discourse: Non-staff group owners can see email password in plaintext through group history_CVE-2026-44784

6.5 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. From versions 2026.1.0-latest to before 2026.1.4, 2026.3.0-latest to before 2026.3.1, and 2026.4.0-latest to before 2026.4.1, group owners who are not necessarily admins or moderators can view a group's outgoing email/SMTP credentials in plaintext via the group history log (/groups/:name/logs.json). Affected fields: email_password, email_username, smtp_server, smtp_port, smtp_ssl_mode. The most sensitive item is the SMTP password, which an owner could use to send mail as the group from outside Discourse. This impacts sites that have configured per-group SMTP credentials and granted group ownership to users who should not have access to those credentials. This issue has been patched in versions 2026.1.4, 2026.3.1, 2026.4.1, and 2026.5.0-latest.1.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-44784
Source GitHub_M
Published Jun 12, 2026 at 20:23

Affected Product

Vendor discourse
Product discourse
Version >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.4
Affected Versions discourse discourse >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.4
discourse discourse >= 2026.3.0-latest, < 2026.3.1
discourse discourse >= 2026.4.0-latest, < 2026.4.1

CWE Classification

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