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Security advisory
In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, an unenrolled user still receives event monitor notifications even though they can no longer access the course.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-5014
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:29 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Moodle 2.x and 3.x, an unenrolled user still receives event monitor notifications even though they can no longer access the course.
osv:CVE-2016-5014
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:19.077632283Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
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