Discourse: TL4 users are able to change status of restricted… (CVE-2026-26979)

Summary

Discourse: TL4 users are able to change status of restricted topics

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, TL4 users are able to close, archive and pin topics in private categories they don't have access to. Versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0 patch the issue. No known workarounds are available.

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

Affected packages

Bitnami discourse

[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2025.12.2"},{"introduced":"2026.1.0"},{"fixed":"2026.1.1"}]}]

References

advisory github.com
web nvd.nist.gov