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        "state": "PUBLISHED",
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        "dateReserved": "2026-02-16T22:20:28.612Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-02-26T19:19:18.139Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-02-26T20:41:30.698Z"
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            "title": "Discourse doesn't scope reviewable notes to user-visible reviewables",
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                            "cweId": "CWE-863",
                            "lang": "en",
                            "description": "CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization",
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                        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
                        "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
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                        "userInteraction": "NONE",
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                    "name": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-c587-qx78-vhmx",
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                    "value": "Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0 have an IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference) in `ReviewableNotesController`. When `enable_category_group_moderation` is enabled, a user belonging to a  category moderation group can create or delete their own notes on **any** reviewable in the system, including reviewables in categories they do not moderate. The controller used an unscoped `Reviewable.find` and the `ensure_can_see` guard only checked whether the user could access the review queue in general, not whether they could access the specific reviewable. Only instances with `enable_category_group_moderation` enabled are affected. Staff users (admins/moderators) are not impacted as they already have access to all reviewables. The issue is patched in versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0 by scoping the reviewable lookup through `Reviewable.viewable_by(current_user)`. As a workaround, disable the `enable_category_group_moderation` site setting. This removes the attack surface as only staff users will have access to the review queue."
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