{"id":"BIT-discourse-2022-36066","summary":"Discourse vulnerable to RCE via admins uploading maliciously zipped file","details":"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.","aliases":["CVE-2022-36066","GHSA-grvh-qcpg-hfmv"],"modified":"2026-09-10T16:00:44.430400212Z","published":"2024-03-06T11:05:00.775Z","database_specific":{"severity":"Critical","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b27d5626d208a22c516a0adfda7554b67b493835"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/18421"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-grvh-qcpg-hfmv"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36066"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"discourse","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/discourse"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.8.9"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/discourse/BIT-discourse-2022-36066.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}