{"id":"CVE-2023-38498","summary":"Discourse vulnerable to DoS via defer queue","details":"Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.6 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a malicious user can prevent the defer queue from proceeding promptly on sites hosted in the same multisite installation. The issue is patched in version 3.0.6 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. Users of multisite configurations should upgrade.","aliases":["BIT-discourse-2023-38498","GHSA-wv29-rm3f-4g2j"],"modified":"2026-04-24T11:55:03.332972Z","published":"2023-07-28T15:18:18.903Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38498.json","cwe_ids":["CWE-400","CWE-770"],"cna_assigner":"GitHub_M"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38498.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-wv29-rm3f-4g2j"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38498"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/26e267478d785e2f32ee7da4613e2cf4a65ff182"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse","events":[{"introduced":"17daf077e2f11def391859f83d294bb71760b1cf"},{"fixed":"c35038b00ba7c6d6534a538ea211b84d54fa0656"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-38498.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"}]}