MSA-26-0003: Denial of service risk in TeX formula editor

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Metadaten

  • Original (extern): Link oeffnen
  • Veroeffentlicht: 2026-02-17 10:32 UTC
  • Importiert: 2026-06-22 13:30 UTC
  • CVSS: 6.5
  • Quelle-ID: moodle
  • uid_hash: c22d680c585dc4d512a68a37aa7bc4cb870528b983298311079e81157764dc91

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by Michael Hawkins.

Rendering of TeX content with mimetex in the formula editor required execution time limitations to prevent a denial of service risk.

Severity/Risk: Serious

Versions affected: 5.1 to 5.1.1, 5.0 to 5.0.4, 4.5 to 4.5.8 and earlier unsupported versions

Versions fixed: 5.1.2, 5.0.5 and 4.5.9

Reported by: Aleksey Solovev (Positive Technologies)

CVE identifier: CVE-2026-26047

Changes (5.1.2): https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/8683b4a04939332e353cad1be51222930dc40b2c

Tracker issue: MDL-86785 Denial of service risk in TeX formula editor

Verknuepfte CVEs

CVE-ID Severity (Quelle) CVSS (Quelle) Severity (CVE.org) CVSS (CVE.org) EPSS EPSS-Pctl Veroeffentlicht (CVE.org)

CVE-2026-26047

MEDIUM

6.5

MEDIUM

6.5

2026-02-21

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