CVE-2026-28282
Discourse vulnerable to group membership addition permission bypass via discourse-policy plugin
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 have a security flaw in the discourse-policy plugin which allowed a user with policy creation permission to gain membership access to any private/restricted groups. Once membership to a private/restricted group has been obtained, the user will be able to read private topics that only the group has access to. Versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. As a workaround, review all policies for the use of `add-users-to-group` and temporarily remove the attribute from the policy. Alternatively, disable the discourse-policy plugin by disabling the `policy_enabled` site setting.
| CWE | CWE-863 |
| Vendor | discourse |
| Product | discourse |
| Published | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Mar 20, 2026 |
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