---
id: CVE-2026-53960
title: Discourse is an open-source discussion platform
summary: >-
  Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2,
  2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0, hidden or otherwise unviewable first-post content was
  leaked as an excerpt in the publicly-served Q&A (QAPage) JSON-LD structured
  data,…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-862
published: '2026-08-17'
updated: '2026-09-18'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-18T20:09:01.757'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53960'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-j5j7-w5g3-43q8
    label: security-advisories@github.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00313
epssPercentile: 0.21573
ingestedAt: '2026-09-18T20:51:25.620Z'
---

## Overview

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0, hidden or otherwise unviewable first-post content was leaked as an excerpt in the publicly-served Q&A (QAPage) JSON-LD structured data, exposing it to any unauthenticated visitor and to search-engine crawlers. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.