VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2026-29072

Prior to versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, users who do not belong to the allowed policy creation groups can create functional policy acceptance widgets in posts under the right conditions.

HIGH 8.2EPSS 0.23%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, users who do not belong to the allowed policy creation groups can create functional policy acceptance widgets in posts under the right conditions. Versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. As a workaround, disable the discourse-policy plugin by disabling the `policy_enabled` site setting.

CVSS 4.0: 8.2 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS: 0.23% probability · 14th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-862
Affected: discourse/discourse
Source: security-advisories@github.com

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-7ph8-vprq-4jrpVendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.