CVE-2025-68659

EUVD-2025-206425

28.01.2026, 19:16

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Versions prior to 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0 have an application level denial of service vulnerabilityin the username change functionality at try.discourse.org. The vulnerability allows attackers to cause noticeable server delays and resource exhaustion by sending large JSON payloads to the username preference endpoint PUT /u//preferences/username, resulting in degraded performance for other users and endpoints. This issue is patched in versions 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0. No known workarounds are available.

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	Primary	4.3 MEDIUM	NETWORK	LOW	LOW	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
GitHub_M	CNA	4.3 MEDIUM	NETWORK	LOW	LOW	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 13%

Affected Products (NVD)

Vendor	Product	Version
discourse	discourse	𝑥 < 3.5.4
discourse	discourse	2025.11.0 ≤ 𝑥 < 2025.11.2
discourse	discourse	2025.12.0
discourse	discourse	2026.1.0

𝑥

= Vulnerable software versions

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-rmp6-c9rq-6q7p