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🛡️ CVE-2026-26046 — moodle

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-78 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Moodle: moodle: improper input sanitization in tex filter administration setting

A vulnerability was found in a Moodle TeX filter administrative setting where insufficient sanitization of configuration input could allow command injection. On sites where the TeX filter is enabled and ImageMagick is installed, a maliciously crafted setting value entered by an administrator could result in unintended system command execution. While exploitation requires administrative privileges, successful compromise could affect the entire Moodle server.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-26046 is classified as CWE-78: OS Command Injection. Untrusted input reaches a shell command without neutralisation, so an attacker can run arbitrary operating system commands.

Affected software

CVE-2026-26046 is recorded against 1 package.

  • moodle

Timeline and source

Published on 2 March 2026 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

access.redhat.com (Web)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Web)

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Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-78: OS Command Injection) in other software:

CVE-2026-26046 on other distributions

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Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-78
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-03-02
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
moodle — —

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