VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-26047

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.51%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-02-21
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • patrick@puiterwijk.org: CWE-400
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-770

Primary references