Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Sep 29, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-36066
CVE-2022-36066
Description
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 2.8.9 on the stable branch and prior to 2.9.0.beta10 on the beta and tests-passed branches, admins can upload a maliciously crafted Zip or Gzip Tar archive to write files at arbitrary locations and trigger remote code execution. The problem is patched in version 2.8.9 on the stable branch and version 2.9.0.beta10 on the beta and tests-passed branches. There are no known workarounds.
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Affected products
13cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 11 more
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2.8.9
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta9:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <2.8.9, <2.9.0.beta10
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.9
Patches
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References
3- github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b27d5626d208a22c516a0adfda7554b67b493835nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/18421nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-grvh-qcpg-hfmvnvdThird Party Advisory
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