Medium 5.3Published Jul 9, 2026

CVE-2026-59828Discourse: Hidden post revisions leak through adjacent visible diffs

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 10:20 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-200
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jul 10, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

discourse discourse discourse:discourse (from the name)	from 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.5; from 2026.4.0-latest, < 2026.4.2; from 2026.5.0-latest, < 2026.5.1	CNA record
discourse discourse discourse:discourse	from 2026.1.0 before 2026.1.5; from 2026.4.0 before 2026.4.2; from 2026.5.0 before 2026.5.1; 2026.6.0	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-q456-4f8q-42vx	x-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1f26c1163ce87a2abbd1d01780ab1b5fb16e75f6	x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8b773332b0f937dfcd894ed56d56fc5a81578d9d	x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8d36da1b68c906592abde3f2e94d505cdf097435	x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/d58988d46bb1019bfa8b8330ae81a1a134e08511	x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.1.5	x-refsource-misc, release-notes
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.4.2	x-refsource-misc, release-notes
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.5.1	x-refsource-misc, release-notes
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.6.0	x-refsource-misc, release-notes

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