Discourse moderators can access admin-only reports exposing… (CVE-2025-69218)

Summary

Discourse moderators can access admin-only reports exposing private upload URLs

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0, moderators can access the top_uploads admin report which should be restricted to admins only. This report displays direct URLs to all uploaded files on the site, including sensitive content such as user data exports, admin backups, and other private attachments that moderators should not have access to. This issue is patched in versions 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0. There is no workaround. Limit moderator privileges to trusted users until the patch is applied.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV

Affected packages

Bitnami discourse

[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.4"},{"introduced":"2025.11.0"},{"fixed":"2025.11.2"},{"introduced":"2025.12.0"},{"fixed":"2025.12.1"},{"introduced":"2026.1.0"},{"fixed":"2026.1.0"}]}]

References

advisory github.com
web nvd.nist.gov