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.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-c587-qx78-vhmx | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
|
History
02 Mar 2026, 21:36
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CWE | CWE-639 | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2026.2.0:*:*:*:latest:*:*:* |
|
| First Time |
Discourse
Discourse discourse |
|
| References | () https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-c587-qx78-vhmx - Vendor Advisory |
27 Feb 2026, 14:06
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| Summary |
|
26 Feb 2026, 20:31
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-02-26 20:31
Updated : 2026-03-02 21:36
NVD link : CVE-2026-26973
Mitre link : CVE-2026-26973
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-26973
JSON object : View
Products Affected
discourse
- discourse
