CVE-2026-31869: Discourse

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, the ComposerController#mentions endpoint reveals hidden group membership to any authenticated user who can message the group. By supplying allowed_names referencing a hidden-membership group and probing arbitrary usernames, an attacker can infer membership based on whether user_reasons returns "private" for a given user. This bypasses group member-visibility controls. Versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. To work around this issue, restrict the messageable policy of any hidden-membership group to staff or group members only, so untrusted users cannot reach the vulnerable code path.

Affected products

• Discourse Discourse: from 2026.1.0, before 2026.1.2 (fixed in 2026.1.2); from 2026.2.0, before 2026.2.1 (fixed in 2026.2.1); version 2026.3.0 only

Published 2026-03-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.