4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2025-24808
Discourse Race Condition in Group DM User Addition
Description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions `3.3.4` on the `stable` branch and `3.4.0.beta5` on the `beta` branch, someone who is about to reach the limit of users in a group DM may send requests to add new users in parallel. The requests might all go through ignoring the limit due to a race condition. The patch in versions `3.3.4` and `3.4.0.beta5` uses the `lock` step in service to wrap part of the `add_users_to_channel` service inside a distributed lock/mutex in order to avoid the race condition.

INFO

Published Date :

March 26, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 27, 2025, 4:45 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-24808 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Discourse discourse
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/a16b2f224860f6678f89f5ffa012f0ede17e4095
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-hfcx-qjw6-573r

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 26, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 3.3.4 on the `stable` branch and `3.4.0.beta5` on the `beta` branch, someone who is about to reach the limit of users in a group DM may send requests to add new users in parallel. The requests might all go through ignoring the limit due to a race condition. The patch in versions `3.3.4` and `3.4.0.beta5` uses the `lock` step in service to wrap part of the `add_users_to_channel` service inside a distributed lock/mutex in order to avoid the race condition. Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions `3.3.4` on the `stable` branch and `3.4.0.beta5` on the `beta` branch, someone who is about to reach the limit of users in a group DM may send requests to add new users in parallel. The requests might all go through ignoring the limit due to a race condition. The patch in versions `3.3.4` and `3.4.0.beta5` uses the `lock` step in service to wrap part of the `add_users_to_channel` service inside a distributed lock/mutex in order to avoid the race condition.
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Mar. 26, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 3.3.4 on the `stable` branch and `3.4.0.beta5` on the `beta` branch, someone who is about to reach the limit of users in a group DM may send requests to add new users in parallel. The requests might all go through ignoring the limit due to a race condition. The patch in versions `3.3.4` and `3.4.0.beta5` uses the `lock` step in service to wrap part of the `add_users_to_channel` service inside a distributed lock/mutex in order to avoid the race condition.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-362
    Added Reference https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/a16b2f224860f6678f89f5ffa012f0ede17e4095
    Added Reference https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-hfcx-qjw6-573r
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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