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CVE-2026-59828Discourse: Hidden post revisions leak through adjacent visible diffs
- 5.3MediumCVSS base score
- 0.55%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 54% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5, post revisions that should be hidden from regular users could be leaked through visible diffs on adjacent revisions serialized by PostRevisionSerializer. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5.
Timeline
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By GitHub_M
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.55% · top 54% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Affected products
References
References9
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-q456-4f8q-42vx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1f26c1163ce87a2abbd1d01780ab1b5fb16e75f6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8b773332b0f937dfcd894ed56d56fc5a81578d9d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8d36da1b68c906592abde3f2e94d505cdf097435 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/d58988d46bb1019bfa8b8330ae81a1a134e08511 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.1.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.4.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.5.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.6.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-42737 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-59828)Record last updated .