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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-32476

A denial-of-service risk was identified in the draft files area, due to it not respecting user file upload limits. Moodle versions 3.10 to 3.10.3, 3.9 to 3.9.6, 3.8 to 3.8.8, 3.5 to 3.5.17 and earlier unsupported versions are affected.

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CVE-2021-32476
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1 Nov 2026, 07:11 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-32476

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Mar 2022, 18:15 UTC

A denial-of-service risk was identified in the draft files area, due to it not respecting user file upload limits. Moodle versions 3.10 to 3.10.3, 3.9 to 3.9.6, 3.8 to 3.8.8, 3.5 to 3.5.17 and earlier unsupported versions are affected.

osv:CVE-2021-32476
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-32476",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "A denial-of-service risk was identified in the draft files area, due to it not respecting user file upload limits. Moodle versions 3.10 to 3.10.3, 3.9 to 3.9.6, 3.8 to 3.8.8, 3.5 to 3.5.17 and earlier unsupported versions are affected.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-32476",
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    "severity": "high",
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        "GHSA-4qxc-qxrp-33cw"
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:49.865600252Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=422310"
      ],
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437087,
  "published_at": "2022-03-11T18:15:17.153+00:00"
}