CVE-2025-68659
MEDIUMDiscourse <3.5.4,2025.11.2,2025.12.1,2026.1.0 - DoS
Title source: llmDescription
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
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-rmp6-c9rq-6q7p
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