Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Jan 27, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-22740
CVE-2023-22740
Description
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Versions prior to 3.1.0.beta1 (beta) (tests-passed) are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits. Users can create chat drafts of an unlimited length, which can cause a denial of service by generating an excessive load on the server. Additionally, an unlimited number of drafts were loaded when loading the user. This issue has been patched in version 2.1.0.beta1 (beta) and (tests-passed). Users should upgrade to the latest version where a limit has been introduced. There are no workarounds available.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.0.0
- (no CPE)range: <3.1.0.beta1
- (no CPE)range: beta < 3.1.0.beta1; tests-passed < 3.1.0.beta1
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References
2- github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5eaf0802398ff06604f03b27a28dd274f2ffa576nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-pwj4-rf62-p224nvdThird Party Advisory
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