CVE-2026-72723 PUBLISHED

Discourse: Anonymous sidebar serialization exposes descriptions of category-restricted tags

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 10.08.2026 Published: 10.08.2026 Updated: 10.08.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor discourse
Product discourse
Versions
  • Version < 2026.1.6 is affected
  • Version >= 2026.5.0-latest, < 2026.5.2 is affected
  • Version >= 2026.6.0-latest, < 2026.6.1 is affected
  • Version >= 2026.7.0-latest, < 2026.7.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization CWE