Mahara 21.04 before 21.04.7, 21.10 before 21.10.5, 22.04 before 22.04.3, and 22.10 before…
Priority MEDIUM 51CWE-250Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-250.
Summary
Mahara 21.04 before 21.04.7, 21.10 before 21.10.5, 22.04 before 22.04.3, and 22.10 before 22.10.0 potentially allow a PDF export to trigger a remote shell if the site is running on Ubuntu and the flag -dSAFER is not set with Ghostscript.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00921 60th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 3
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 21.04.0 to before 21.04.7; 21.10.0 to before 21.10.5; 22.04.0 to before 22.04.3 | Vulnerable | Mahara |
| cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:22.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 22.10.0 rc1 | Vulnerable | Mahara |
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 18.04 | Running on | Canonical |
- cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 21.04.0 to before 21.04.7; 21.10.0 to before 21.10.5; 22.04.0 to before 22.04.3 Vulnerable ·Mahara
- cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:22.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 22.10.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·Mahara
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 18.04 Running on ·Canonical
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-44544
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-69v3-ccqq-ggg3
References
More Mahara vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-32112 An issue was discovered in Mahara 23.04.8 and 24.04.4. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-22209 Mahara 21.10 before 21.10.6, 22.04 before 22.04.4, and 22.10 before 22.10.1 deserializes… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-26290 Supported versions of Mahara 24.04 before 24.04.1 and 23.04 before 23.04.6 are vulnerable… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2021-17772 In Mahara before 20.04.5, 20.10.3, 21.04.2, and 21.10.0, the account associated with a… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-14488 Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.8 and 15.10 before 15.10.4 and 16.04 before 16.04.2 are… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-14487 Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.10 and 15.10 before 15.10.6 and 16.04 before 16.04.4 are… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-44544 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-44544 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-69v3-ccqq-ggg3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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