6.5 MEDIUM
- CVSS version: 3.1
- Attack vector (AV): NETWORK
- Attack complexity (AC): LOW
- Privileges required (PR): NONE
- User interaction (UI): NONE
- Scope (S): UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality impact (C): NONE
- Integrity impact (I): LOW
- Availability impact (A): LOW
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- discourse-mail-receiver
- python312Packages.pydiscourse
- python313Packages.pydiscourse
- python314Packages.pydiscourse
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Discourse doesn't ensure webhooks require a token
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, several webhook endpoints (SendGrid, Mailjet, Mandrill, Postmark, SparkPost) in the `WebhooksController` accepted requests without a valid authentication token when no token was configured. This allowed unauthenticated attackers to forge webhook payloads and artificially inflate user bounce scores, potentially causing legitimate user emails to be disabled. The Mailpace endpoint had no token validation at all. Starting in versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, all webhook endpoints reject requests with a 406 response when no authentication token is configured. As a workaround, ensure that webhook authentication tokens are configured for all email provider integrations in site settings (e.g., `sendgrid_verification_key`, `mailjet_webhook_token`, `postmark_webhook_token`, `sparkpost_webhook_token`). There's no current workaround for mailpace before getting this fix.
References
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-j67c-53j2-4hfw x_refsource_CONFIRM
Affected products
- ==< 2025.12.2
- ==>= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.1
- ==>= 2026.2.0-latest, < 2026.2.0
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.discourse
Discourse is an open source discussion platform
Ignored packages (5)
pkgs.discourse-mail-receiver
Helper program which receives incoming mail for Discourse
pkgs.python312Packages.pydiscourse
Python library for working with Discourse
pkgs.python313Packages.pydiscourse
Python library for working with Discourse
pkgs.python314Packages.pydiscourse
Python library for working with Discourse
pkgs.grafanaPlugins.grafana-discourse-datasource
Allows users to search and view topics, posts, users, tags, categories, and reports on a given Discourse forum through Grafana
Package maintainers
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@talyz Kim Lindberger <kim.lindberger@gmail.com>