CVE-2026-26046 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: fedora
Reserved: 10.02.2026 Published: 21.02.2026 Updated: 21.02.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.2

Product Status

Package Collection https://github.com/moodle/moodle
Package Name moodle
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 4.5.9 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.0.0 to 5.0.5 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.1.0 to 5.1.2 (excl.)

Credits

  • Red Hat would like to thank Vicevirus for reporting this issue.

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') CWE