CVE-2025-68662 (GCVE-0-2025-68662)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-28 19:12 – Updated: 2026-01-28 20:21
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Title
FinalDestination hostname matching allows SSRF protection bypass
Summary
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0, a hostname validation issue in FinalDestination could allow bypassing SSRF protections under certain conditions. This issue is patched in versions 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0. No known workarounds are available.
Severity ?
7.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
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References
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Vendor Product Version
discourse discourse Affected: < 3.5.4
Affected: >= 2025.11.0-latest, < 2025.11.2
Affected: >= 2025.12.0-latest, < 2025.12.1
Affected: >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.0
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