CVE-2026-72729
Description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0, the discourse-local-dates plugin rendered crafted local-date format data as HTML on sites with a modified or disabled default Content Security Policy. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0.
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/9768f476ed86ea202440cd2b6245af8a4f94ec69
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/981ba23d33d2e2d98f6690734116af58f2cea938
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/a7e509bfa1aa6288b447503de6ef798c31a62751
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/d5d5055fbdf04d5bd72fcaa7e4257fac5adac049
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-rw96-2xg7-h54g
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.