CVE-2023-44388

Malicious requests can fill up the log files resulting in a deinal of service in Discourse

Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. A malicious request can cause production log files to quickly fill up and thus result in the server running out of disk space. This problem has been patched in the 3.1.1 stable and 3.2.0.beta2 versions of Discourse. It is possible to temporarily work around this problem by reducing the `client_max_body_size nginx directive`. `client_max_body_size` will limit the size of uploads that can be uploaded directly to the server.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.17%
Vendor Advisory github.com
Affected: discourse discourse
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-89h3-g746-xmwq vendor advisory
http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#client_max_body_size third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-44388?
CVE-2023-44388 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-44388?
To fix CVE-2023-44388, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2023-44388 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2023-44388 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2023-44388?
CVE-2023-44388 affects discourse discourse.
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