CVE-2026-29072CWE-862

Discourse missing permission check for policy creation in discourse-policy

High · published March 19, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
23.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, users who do not belong to the allowed policy creation groups can create functional policy acceptance widgets in posts under the right conditions. Versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. As a workaround, disable the discourse-policy plugin by disabling the `policy_enabled` site setting.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00317 · 23.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2026-03-19T21:49Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 MAR 21:49Z
    Discourse missing permission check for policy creation in discourse-policy
    cvelistv5