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GHSA-jmxc-hhwx-gvv3: Private Lemmy instances expose multi-community metadata without authentication

May 6, 2026

read_multi_community() does not enforce the private-instance setting. On a private instance, an unauthenticated visitor can read multi-community names, titles, summaries, sidebars, owner identities, and member community lists.

mid = api(“POST”, “/multi_community”, admin, json={ “name”: “m” + suffix, “title”: secret, “summary”: secret + " summary", “sidebar”: secret + " sidebar", }).json()[“multi_community_view”][“multi”][“id”]

References

  • github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy
  • github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/commit/637151121a8e27b2b8c95e98d6f86966b31b4a6d
  • github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/security/advisories/GHSA-jmxc-hhwx-gvv3
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-jmxc-hhwx-gvv3

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Affected versions

All versions up to 0.19.1-rc.1

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Source file

cargo/lemmy_api/GHSA-jmxc-hhwx-gvv3.yml

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