CVE-2026-55420: Discourse

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5, under certain non-default configurations, processing of PDF uploads could be exploited to obtain RCE on the server. This issue is patched in 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5.

Affected products

• Discourse Discourse: from 2026.1.0, before 2026.1.5 (fixed in 2026.1.5); from 2026.4.0, before 2026.4.2 (fixed in 2026.4.2); from 2026.5.0, before 2026.5.1 (fixed in 2026.5.1); version 2026.6.0 only

Published 2026-07-09. Last modified 2026-07-14.