Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption in Discourse - CVE-2023-37467

 

Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption in Discourse - CVE-2023-37467

Published: July 31, 2023 / Updated: December 17, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU78763
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-37467
CWE-ID: CWE-323
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system. 

The vulnerability exists due to the CSP (Content Security Policy) nonce reuse issue. A remote user can bypass CSP protection. 


Affected software

Discourse

How to mitigate CVE-2023-37467

Install updates from vendor's website.

Discourse - update to 3.1.0 beta7

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

External References

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