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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-26973
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Assigner Org ID-a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa
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Published At-26 Feb, 2026 | 19:19
Updated At-26 Feb, 2026 | 20:41
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
Discourse doesn't scope reviewable notes to user-visible reviewables

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0 have an IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference) in `ReviewableNotesController`. When `enable_category_group_moderation` is enabled, a user belonging to a category moderation group can create or delete their own notes on **any** reviewable in the system, including reviewables in categories they do not moderate. The controller used an unscoped `Reviewable.find` and the `ensure_can_see` guard only checked whether the user could access the review queue in general, not whether they could access the specific reviewable. Only instances with `enable_category_group_moderation` enabled are affected. Staff users (admins/moderators) are not impacted as they already have access to all reviewables. The issue is patched in versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0 by scoping the reviewable lookup through `Reviewable.viewable_by(current_user)`. As a workaround, disable the `enable_category_group_moderation` site setting. This removes the attack surface as only staff users will have access to the review queue.

Affected Products
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Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.discourse
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discourse
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  • < 2025.12.2
  • >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.1
  • >= 2026.2.0-latest, < 2026.2.0
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TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-863CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-863
Description: CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization
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VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
3.14.3MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Version: 3.1
Base score: 4.3
Base severity: MEDIUM
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-c587-qx78-vhmx
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Hyperlink: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-c587-qx78-vhmx
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