# CVE-2026-102585: Moodle: group validation missing when enrolling user to course

- Also known as: BIT-MOODLE-2026-102585
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.2.2, 5.1.6
- Published: 2026-09-30 · Updated: 2026-09-30

## Affected

- moodle: from 5.2.0, fixed in 5.2.2; from 5.1.0, fixed in 5.1.6
- moodle (Bitnami): from 5.1.0, fixed in 5.1.6; from 5.2.0, fixed in 5.2.2

## Description

A flaw was found in Moodle. When enrolling a user into a course while assigning them to a group, the application does not verify whether the selected group actually belongs to that course. An authenticated user with teacher privileges could exploit this flaw to add users to groups within courses they do not have authorization to access.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on moodle, upgrade to a fixed version (5.2.2, 5.1.6) per the references below.
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## References

- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-88538
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-102585
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2543639
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=482503

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