CVE-2025-68660

Medium

Description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0, an endpoint lets any authenticated user bypass the ai_discover_persona access controls and gain ongoing DM access to personas that may be wired to staff-only categories, RAG document sets, or automated tooling, enabling unauthorized data disclosure. Because the controller also accepts arbitrary user_id, an attacker can impersonate other accounts to trigger unwanted AI conversations on their behalf, generating confusing or abusive PM traffic. This issue is patched in versions 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0. No known workarounds are available.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.4
Exploit probability—
ProductDiscourse
PublishedJan 28, 2026
First seenJan 28, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • discourse discourse3.5.4, 2025.11.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
discourse discoursev < 3.5.4, 2025.11.0 ≤ v < 2025.11.2, 2025.12.0, 2026.1.03.5.4, 2025.11.2

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