Resource exhaustion in Discourse
CVE-2024-37299
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to 3.2.5 and 3.3.0.beta5, crafting requests to submit very long tag group names can reduce the availability of a Discourse instance. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.5 and 3.3.0.beta5.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.006 (45.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Discourse — versions 3.3.0, >= 3.3.0.beta1, < 3.3.0.beta5, < 3.2.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-37299?
- CVE-2024-37299 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2024-07-30.
- How severe is CVE-2024-37299?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.