CVE-2022-36066

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
discoursediscourse< 2.8.9affected
discoursediscourse>= 2.9.0.beta0, < 2.9.0.beta10affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-434: CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

References