SCA: security update for moodle/moodle (GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 437488

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- A flaw was found in Moodle. An authorization logic flaw, specifically due to incomplete role checks during
the badge awarding process, allowed badges to be granted without proper verification. This could enable
unauthorized users to obtain badges they are not entitled to, potentially leading to privilege escalation
or unauthorized access to certain features. (CVE-2025-67856)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hcm6-q6pc-xfhm

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 437488

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/4/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-67856

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-67856

cwe: CWE-863