Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.9.0, 2026.8.1, 2026.7.3, and 2026.1.9, MessageBus audience calculation could deliver messages from a read-restricted category chat channel to an authenticated user who could view the category but was not allowed to use Chat under the site's group restrictions. The publication path bounded events by category visibility without also enforcing Chat eligibility, exposing live and recent message content available in the MessageBus backlog. The issue does not permit retrieval of the channel's full history through the Chat API and does not permit message creation or modification. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.9.0, 2026.8.1, 2026.7.3, and 2026.1.9.
CVE-2026-91156
“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.5% (40th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
The CVE record names the fixed release — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5HIGHmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 49EG Risk 49/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity75% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.5 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation0.5% × 40%FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.Automatability100% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: The CVE record names the fixed release. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 0.5%
- EPSS %ILE
- 40th
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.a secondary CVSS source · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
- EG Likelihood
- 0.5% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-21). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
The CVE record names the fixed release. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.
In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
October 14, 2026
Last Modified
October 14, 2026
Advisory Details (5)
Auto-updated Oct 14, 2026commit cac1f26f275c (discourse/discourse)
Fix landed in discourse/discourse commit cac1f26f275c — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/cac1f26f275cec3dc1dd51dfdac2b3d1a4ec50f8commit ba74bb404ab4 (discourse/discourse)
Fix landed in discourse/discourse commit ba74bb404ab4 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ba74bb404ab4439f5b1f0204e848d62099db8ae1commit 87b31bf60a78 (discourse/discourse)
Fix landed in discourse/discourse commit 87b31bf60a78 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/87b31bf60a7827f075634254379a1dcbaba409cbcommit 046fb7bfd68a (discourse/discourse)
Fix landed in discourse/discourse commit 046fb7bfd68a — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/046fb7bfd68a5b95e63dda88c3c73877c5cf9d5eChat MessageBus delivers read-restricted messages to unauthorized users · Advisory · discourse/discourse · GitHub
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-gh4f-qr62-vx8qWeakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 14× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
- 2026-10-22 04:16 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-21 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 40th percentile
- 2026-10-20 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 40th percentile
- 2026-10-19 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 40th percentile
- 2026-10-18 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 40th percentile
- 2026-10-18 03:00 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-17 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 40th percentile
- 2026-10-16 16:45 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 40th percentile
- 2026-10-15 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 40th percentile
- 2026-10-14 18:27 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-14 18:03 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-14 17:13 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-14 15:40 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 7.5 HIGH
- 2026-10-14 15:39 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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