Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 14, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-36818

Description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In affected versions a request to create or update custom sidebar section can cause a denial of service. This issue has been patched in commit 52b003d915. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

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Affected products

osv-coords
pkg:bitnami/discourse
Range: >= 3.1.0-beta5, <= 3.1.0-beta5
Discourse (software)/Discoursellm-fuzzy3 versions
(expand)+ 2 more
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: = 3.1.0beta5
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta5:*:*:beta:*:*:*

Patches

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References

github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/52b003d915761f1581ae2d105f3cbe76df7bf1ffnvdPatch
github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-gxqx-3q2p-37gmnvdVendor Advisory

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