CVE-2026-45788
Description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5, secure uploads could be exposed by pull_hotlinked_images when an attacker knew the secured upload URL and the secure_uploads site setting was enabled. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5.
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 โ if you've already worked around this in production โ publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ 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/5807c426880eadf248006e851604fc9284327ce5
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8b4a959b251a856a9c911fb9f2ac34fbc31a7471
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/eff53af26367ae0dcb3a426954d233e8c7449f95
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/fa74e0dec7341a858ab83a1977fa52629bced1aa
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.1.5
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.4.2
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.5.1
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.6.0
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-3876-w96v-8v38
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.