# CVE-2026-91120: Discourse: Stored HTML injection in video notification emails

- Also known as: BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-91120, GHSA-H7CG-2VWW-M45C
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2026.8.0, 2026.7.2, 2026.6.3, 2026.1.8
- Published: 2026-09-24 · Updated: 2026-09-24

## Affected

- discourse: fixed in 2026.8.0; from 2026.7.0-latest, fixed in 2026.7.2; from 2026.6.0-latest, fixed in 2026.6.3; from 2026.1.0-latest, fixed in 2026.1.8
- discourse (Bitnami): fixed in 2026.8.0

## Description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.8, 2026.6.3, 2026.7.2, and 2026.8.0, provider-controlled video titles in lazy video embeds could be reparsed as HTML when Discourse generated notification emails or chat summaries. A user with standard posting privileges could create a post for an enabled YouTube, Vimeo, or TikTok provider whose title contained markup, and the email and chat-summary rendering path would place that markup into the output instead of treating it solely as text. Recipients using HTML-capable email clients could see injected content, potentially including event handlers, but the issue did not directly expose a Discourse browser session or affect the forum page itself. Lazy video embeds must be enabled, which is the default configuration. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.1.8, 2026.6.3, 2026.7.2, and 2026.8.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on discourse, upgrade to a fixed version (2026.8.0, 2026.7.2, 2026.6.3, 2026.1.8) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-h7cg-2vww-m45c
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42882
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6bf1cdcb3ae1aa146e1fd953a62046bf4a1f143f
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8338919df4ecbd0fb85314b762772cc033b764e3
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/e7de8285203a2edf85beff3b951e66aeb7e5dc76
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ed8b47df80bcc9f0bd70773fc399c9386f9d52dd

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