CVE-2022-23548

Medium

Description

Discourse is an option source discussion platform. Prior to version 2.8.14 on the `stable` branch and version 2.9.0.beta16 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, parsing posts can be susceptible to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attacks. This issue is patched in versions 2.8.14 and 2.9.0.beta16. There are no known workarounds.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductDiscourse
PublishedJan 5, 2023
First seenJan 5, 2023
Weakness typeCWE-1333CWE-1333

How to fix

Update
  • discourse discourse2.8.14 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
discourse discoursev < 2.8.14, 2.9.0, 3.0.02.8.14

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