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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2026-0437

NIXPKGS-2026-0437
published on 27 Feb 2026
Permalink CVE-2026-26973
4.3 MEDIUM
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): NETWORK
  • Attack complexity (AC): LOW
  • Privileges required (PR): LOW
  • User interaction (UI): NONE
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): NONE
  • Integrity impact (I): LOW
  • Availability impact (A): NONE
updated 1 month ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
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  • @LeSuisse removed
    5 packages
    • discourse-mail-receiver
    • python312Packages.pydiscourse
    • python313Packages.pydiscourse
    • python314Packages.pydiscourse
    • grafanaPlugins.grafana-discourse-datasource
  • @LeSuisse accepted
  • @LeSuisse published on GitHub
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

discourse
  • ==< 2025.12.2
  • ==>= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.1
  • ==>= 2026.2.0-latest, < 2026.2.0

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Upstream advisory: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-c587-qx78-vhmx