CVE-2026-29072

Discourse missing permission check for policy creation in discourse-policy

CVSS 8.2 HIGHEPSS 0.2%CWE-862

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 8.2EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

19 Mar 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, users who do not belong to the allowed policy creation groups can create functional policy acceptance widgets in posts under the right conditions. Versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. As a workaround, disable the discourse-policy plugin by disabling the `policy_enabled` site setting.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected products

discourse · discourse

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References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-7ph8-vprq-4jrp