CVE-2026-26047 (GCVE-0-2026-26047)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-21 05:40 – Updated: 2026-02-23 19:30
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Moodle: moodle: uncontrolled resource consumption in tex formula editor leading to denial of service
Summary
A denial-of-service vulnerability was identified in Moodle’s TeX formula editor. When rendering TeX content using mimetex, insufficient execution time limits could allow specially crafted formulas to consume excessive server resources. An authenticated user could abuse this behavior to degrade performance or cause service interruption.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-02-23 19:29 UTC
CWE
- CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26047 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2440905 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-02-19 00:00
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