---
id: CVE-2026-102579
title: A flaw was found in Moodle
summary: >-
  A flaw was found in Moodle. An incorrect capability check in the grade web
  service allows an authenticated student to access profile information of other
  students enrolled in the same course that they should not have permission to
  view. …
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-359
product: moodle
affected:
  - moodle >= 5.2.0 < 5.2.2
  - moodle >= 5.1.0 < 5.1.6
  - moodle >= 5.0.0 < 5.0.9
  - moodle < 4.5.13
published: '2026-09-30'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T09:17:14.947'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102579'
references:
  - url: >-
      http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-89381
    label: patrick@puiterwijk.org
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-102579'
    label: patrick@puiterwijk.org
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2543633'
    label: patrick@puiterwijk.org
  - url: 'https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=482497'
    label: patrick@puiterwijk.org
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T09:00:29.911Z'
---

## Overview

A flaw was found in Moodle. An incorrect capability check in the grade web service allows an authenticated student to access profile information of other students enrolled in the same course that they should not have permission to view. This issue leads to unauthorized information disclosure.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.