# CVE-2026-91133: Discourse: Escape LIKE metacharacters in upload paths to prevent disclosure

- Also known as: BIT-DISCOURSE-2026-91133, GHSA-8HXH-573G-52GX
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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, authenticated users could supply unescaped SQL LIKE metacharacters to upload-resolution patterns, causing wildcard input to select unrelated upload records instead of matching a literal identifier. The affected upload metadata, URL-lookup, and cooked-video-placeholder paths could resolve uploads the user was not authorized to access. This allowed disclosure of restricted metadata, including original filenames and secure-upload paths, without modifying the upload records. 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-8hxh-573g-52gx
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42882
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/113c34d433d564bc69642649d501251a7e820b52
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/20c48bef712ee3edd4f7af58ca1123cb0c16ef6f
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/a04cab107a9f57939456181c4b082d0a34ec39bd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/cb3ca8420fcc7aba334effd011cf41943a336fa6

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