{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including discourse. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-28227 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade discourse to a fixed version for your release line: 2025.12.2 or 2026.1.1.","what":"CVE-2026-28227 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Discourse Discourse, published on 26 Feb 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-28227 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-28227 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Discourse Discourse, published on 26 Feb 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-28227 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- discourse (Bitnami): affected all versions; fixed in 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-28227/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-28227/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-28227","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-28227/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-28227","record":{"aliases":["BIT-discourse-2026-28227","GHSA-m49w-78mh-87jp"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_modify","security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Discourse forum platform","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"TL4 users can bypass authorization checks to publish topics into staff-only categories using the topic timer feature.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[{"product":"discourse","vendor":"discourse"}],"cvss":{"score":1.2,"severity":"low","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-863","name":"Incorrect Authorization"}],"description":"Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, TL4 users can publish topics into staff-only categories via the `publish_to_category` topic timer, bypassing authorization checks. Versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0 patch the issue. No known workarounds are available.","ecosystems":["Bitnami"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Discourse Vulnerable to Unauthorized Topic Creation in Staff-Only Categories via Topic Timer publish_to_category","id":"CVE-2026-28227","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","product":"discourse:discourse","products":["discourse:discourse"],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2026"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"OpenOLAT: Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) in Velocity templates allows Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2026-28228"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","fixed":["2025.12.2","2026.1.1"],"introduced":["0","2026.1.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"discourse","purl":"pkg:bitnami/discourse","source":"BIT-discourse-2026-28227"}],"prev":{"headline":"Phishing Club has Authenticated Blind SQL Injection in GetOrphaned Recipient Listing","id":"CVE-2026-28226"},"products":["discourse"],"published":"2026-02-26","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"RCE via malicious SNS subscription payload","id":"CVE-2021-41163","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-10-20"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Discourse vulnerable to RCE via admins uploading maliciously zipped file","id":"CVE-2022-36066","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-09-29"},{"cvss_score":8.9,"headline":"Discourse user account takeover via email and invite link","id":"CVE-2022-39356","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-11-02"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Discourse vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in local oneboxes","id":"CVE-2023-22468","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-01-26"},{"cvss_score":8.7,"headline":"Discourse leaks private topic title and post excerpt via user action API endpoint","id":"CVE-2026-27934","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-19"},{"cvss_score":8.7,"headline":"Discourse vulnerable to DoS via large URL payload in PM to a bot","id":"CVE-2025-48053","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-06-09"},{"cvss_score":8.6,"headline":"Discourse vulnerable to unlimited mentioned users in message serializer","id":"CVE-2023-48297","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-01-12"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"Bitnami","prefix":"BIT"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-03-03","vendors":["discourse"]},"summary":"TL4 users can bypass authorization checks to publish topics into staff-only categories using the topic timer feature.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-28227/"}