CVE-2026-91121: medium-severity vulnerability in discourse
Discourse: Chat upload filenames rendered as raw HTML in excerpts
Published
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 5epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 84% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.8, 2026.6.3, 2026.7.2, and 2026.8.0, attacker-controlled upload filenames used in chat message excerpts were rendered as unescaped HTML. A user able to upload a file and send chat content could place markup in a filename that was then interpreted by chat channel lists, chat summary emails, pinned message bars, reply previews, thread previews, and other excerpt renderers. The issue allowed trusted-HTML injection that altered rendered excerpt content, but JavaScript execution was not demonstrated with default Content Security Policy settings. The advisory states that no confidentiality, integrity, or availability impact was identified, while its structured scoring metadata separately assigns low integrity impact. Sites that disable or relax the default CSP have increased exposure. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.1.8, 2026.6.3, 2026.7.2, and 2026.8.0.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected products
discourse · discourseRelated CVEs — discourse
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References
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/24cd7cc4c868f20e6037d67d801d60c3e289b278https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6e7a181909c34a059d2b0a6291335a363205b787https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/9d6f5e64a1cb68e8208520e4209b361e14f7394bhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/af197941f7613a3845cba21d217641c77c8ef836https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42882https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-34rh-wjfv-65gq