The vulnerability of the TeX Formula Editor component in the virtual learning environment Moodle allows a perpetrator to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the TeX Formula Editor component in the virtual learning environment Moodle is related to an uncontrolled resource consumption. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to cause service failures...

GHSA-CG8J-5CR2-568Q Moodle TeX formula editor is vulnerable to DoS through lack of execution time limits

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...

CVE-2026-26047 Moodle: moodle: uncontrolled resource consumption in tex formula editor leading to denial of service

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...

CVE-2026-26047

Moodle TeX formula editor is affected by a DoS in the TeX rendering path using mimetex. The vulnerability stems from insufficient execution time limits, allowing an authenticated user to craft formulas that consume excessive server resources and potentially degrade performance or cause service in...