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CVE-2022-36066

Published: Sep 29, 2022

Modified: Apr 23, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

9.1

CRITICAL

Description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and prior to 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, admins can upload a maliciously crafted Zip or Gzip Tar archive to write files at arbitrary locations and trigger remote code execution. The problem is patched in version 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and version 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.

VendorProductVersions

discourse

discourse

affected
< 2.8.9
affected
>= 2.9.0.beta0, < 2.9.0.beta10

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-434

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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