Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5, restricted tag and tag-group names attached to publicly readable categories as allowed_tags, allowed_tag_groups, or required tag groups could leak to anonymous and unauthorized users through category and group endpoints. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5.
CVE-2026-49256
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 71% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 29.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 9, 2026
Last Modified
July 14, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Jul 9, 2026Hidden tag names leaked via category serializers · Advisory · discourse/discourse · GitHub
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-mwp7-572g-6qpxWeakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 15× in last 7d / 15× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-15 18:54 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-15 06:42 UTCEG score recompute▲ 1.20
- 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-14 21:22 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
- 2026-07-14 04:56 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-13 03:15 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-12 01:33 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-10 23:52 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-09 22:10 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-09 22:10 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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