CVE-2023-38706

mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.008 · 55 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.77% (55th) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.1.1 of the `stable` branch and version 3.2.0.beta1 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a malicious user can create an unlimited number of drafts with very long draft keys which may end up exhausting the resources on the server. The issue is patched in version 3.1.1 of the `stable` branch and version 3.2.0.beta1 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-770US

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

discourse discoursebeta → 3.2.0.beta1enisa_euvdEU
discourse discoursestable → 3.1.1enisa_euvdEU
discourse discoursetests-passed → 3.2.0.beta1enisa_euvdEU
discourse discourse≤ 3.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
discourse discourse< 3.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
discourse discourse= 3.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami discourse< 3.1.1osvUSpkg:bitnami/discourse

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

BIT-discourse-2023-38706Discourse vulnerable to DoS via drafts2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.1.1 of the `stable` branch, a malicious user can create an unlimited number of drafts with very long draft keys which may end up exhausting the resources on the server. The issue is patched in version 3.1.1 of the `stable` branch. There are no known workarounds.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-09-15modified 2026-06-17

references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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