Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting moodle/moodle package, versions <4.5.9>=5.0.0-beta, <5.0.5>=5.1.0-beta, <5.1.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-MOODLEMOODLE-15366635
  • published1 Mar 2026
  • disclosed21 Feb 2026
  • creditMichael Hawkins

Introduced: 21 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-26047  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade moodle/moodle to version 4.5.9, 5.0.5, 5.1.2 or higher.

Overview

moodle/moodle is a learning platform.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via the mimetex process. An attacker can exhaust server resources and cause service disruption by submitting specially crafted TeX formulas.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1