CVE-2025-68659

MEDIUM

Discourse <3.5.4,2025.11.2,2025.12.1,2026.1.0 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-770
Status published
Products (3)
discourse/discourse 2025.12.0
discourse/discourse 2026.1.0
discourse/discourse < 3.5.4
Published Jan 28, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026