5.3

CVE-2025-68659

Discourse has DoS vulnerability in username change endpoint

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Versions prior to 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0 have an application level denial of service vulnerabilityin the username change functionality at try.discourse.org. The vulnerability allows attackers to cause noticeable server delays and resource exhaustion by sending large JSON payloads to the username preference endpoint PUT /u//preferences/username, resulting in degraded performance for other users and endpoints. This issue is patched in versions 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0. No known workarounds are available.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Discourse ≫ Discourse SwEdition stable Version < 3.5.4
Discourse ≫ Discourse SwEdition stable Version >= 2025.11.0 < 2025.11.2
Discourse ≫ Discourse Version 2025.12.0 SwEdition stable
Discourse ≫ Discourse Version 2026.1.0 SwEdition stable
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.22% 0.121
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
NIST 5.3 3.9 1.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
security-advisories@github.com 4.3 2.8 1.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-rmp6-c9rq-6q7p
Third Party Advisory