USN-8805-1: Moodle vulnerability

Publication date

23 September 2026

Overview

Moodle could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.


Packages

  • moodle - Moodle is a course management system

Details

It was discovered that Moodle did not properly restrict URLs.
An authenticated user could possibly use this issue to perform a
server-side request forgery attack and expose sensitive information.

It was discovered that Moodle did not properly restrict URLs.
An authenticated user could possibly use this issue to perform a
server-side request forgery attack and expose sensitive information.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 LTS bionic moodle –  3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1  
16.04 LTS xenial moodle –  3.0.3+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1

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