Vulnerability CVE-2023-38498


Published: 2023-07-28

Description:
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.6 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a malicious user can prevent the defer queue from proceeding promptly on sites hosted in the same multisite installation. The issue is patched in version 3.0.6 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. Users of multisite configurations should upgrade.

Type:

CWE-400

(Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion'))

 References:
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/26e267478d785e2f32ee7da4613e2cf4a65ff182
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-wv29-rm3f-4g2j

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