Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.8, 2026.6.3, 2026.7.2, and 2026.8.0, attacker-controlled upload filenames used in chat message excerpts were rendered as unescaped HTML. A user able to upload a file and send chat content could place markup in a filename that was then interpreted by chat channel lists, chat summary emails, pinned message bars, reply previews, thread previews, and other excerpt renderers. The issue allowed trusted-HTML injection that altered rendered excerpt content, but JavaScript execution was not demonstrated with default Content Security Policy settings. The advisory states that no confidentiality, integrity, or availability impact was identified, while its structured scoring metadata separately assigns low integrity impact. Sites that disable or relax the default CSP have increased exposure. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.1.8, 2026.6.3, 2026.7.2, and 2026.8.0.
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-34rh-wjfv-65gq
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42882
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/af197941f7613a3845cba21d217641c77c8ef836
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/9d6f5e64a1cb68e8208520e4209b361e14f7394b
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6e7a181909c34a059d2b0a6291335a363205b787
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/24cd7cc4c868f20e6037d67d801d60c3e289b278