CVE-2024-27085

Summary

CVE-2024-27085 is a vulnerability affecting Discourse, an open-source community discussion platform. In certain versions, users with the ability to invite others can inject excessively large data into parameters utilized in the invite route. This issue allows for potential data overload, which could impact system performance and potentially lead to denial-of-service conditions. The vulnerability has been rectified in the latest Discourse version. It is recommended that users upgrade as soon as possible to mitigate the risk. For those unable to upgrade, Discourse suggests disabling invites or restricting access through the `invite allowed groups` site setting.

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