{"id":"CVE-2023-22739","aliases":["BIT-discourse-2023-22739","EUVD-2023-26857","GHSA-rqgr-g6v7-jcfc"],"status":"published","title":"Discourse subject to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling","description":"Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Versions prior to 3.0.1 (stable), 3.1.0.beta2 (beta), and 3.1.0.beta2 (tests-passed) are subject to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. As there is no limit on data contained in a draft, a malicious user can create an arbitrarily large draft, forcing the instance to a crawl. This issue is patched in versions 3.0.1 (stable), 3.1.0.beta2 (beta), and 3.1.0.beta2 (tests-passed). There are no workarounds.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00898,"percentile":0.59906,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-770"],"published":"2023-01-26T08:45:37Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:37Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"discourse","fixed_in":["3.0.1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"discourse","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.1"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"discourse","product":"discourse"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-rqgr-g6v7-jcfc","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22739","tags":["web","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/22xxx/CVE-2023-22739.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-22739","title":"Discourse subject to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling","description":"Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. 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As there is no limit on data contained in a draft, a malicious user can create an arbitrarily large draft, forcing the instance to a crawl. This issue is patched in versions 3.0.1 (stable), 3.1.0.beta2 (beta), and 3.1.0.beta2 (tests-passed). There are no workarounds.","status":"published","published":"2023-01-26T08:45:37Z","modified":"2025-03-10T21:19:25Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:53:08.584552Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-22739","description":"Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Versions prior to 3.0.1 (stable), 3.1.0.beta2 (beta), and 3.1.0.beta2 (tests-passed) are subject to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. As there is no limit on data contained in a draft, a malicious user can create an arbitrarily large draft, forcing the instance to a crawl. 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As there is no limit on data contained in a draft, a malicious user can create an arbitrarily large draft, forcing the instance to a crawl. This issue is patched in versions 3.0.1 (stable), 3.1.0.beta2 (beta), and 3.1.0.beta2 (tests-passed). There are no workarounds.","status":"published","published":"2024-03-06T11:01:16.979Z","modified":"2026-09-08T08:46:06.312115781Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:28:28.70813Z"}]}}