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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2026-28282 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  GitHub, Inc.
CVSS-B 2.3 LOW
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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/64e2514ac17046cfaa8bc68a3c5140bc40736add GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c14b8a4cc5fc94e4839a83c5d55765897589f45b GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/dcde9de530f515e88f99957056ffbcc2e1e03951 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-6cc8-x3rm-j5pf GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-28282
NVD Published Date:
03/19/2026
NVD Last Modified:
03/20/2026
Source:
GitHub, Inc.