CVE-2026-91156
Description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.9.0, 2026.8.1, 2026.7.3, and 2026.1.9, MessageBus audience calculation could deliver messages from a read-restricted category chat channel to an authenticated user who could view the category but was not allowed to use Chat under the site's group restrictions. The publication path bounded events by category visibility without also enforcing Chat eligibility, exposing live and recent message content available in the MessageBus backlog. The issue does not permit retrieval of the channel's full history through the Chat API and does not permit message creation or modification. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.9.0, 2026.8.1, 2026.7.3, and 2026.1.9.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/046fb7bfd68a5b95e63dda88c3c73877c5cf9d5e
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/87b31bf60a7827f075634254379a1dcbaba409cb
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ba74bb404ab4439f5b1f0204e848d62099db8ae1
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/cac1f26f275cec3dc1dd51dfdac2b3d1a4ec50f8
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-gh4f-qr62-vx8q
CWEs
CWE-862
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.