CVE-2022-36068: Discourse

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and prior to 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a moderator can create new and edit existing themes by using the API when they should not be able to do so. The problem is patched in version 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and version 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.

Affected products

• Discourse Discourse: before 2.8.9 (fixed in 2.8.9); version 2.9.0 only

Published 2022-09-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.