CVE-2022-35649
CRITICALCVE-2022-35649 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) Code Injection vulnerability in moodle/moodle. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2022-35649 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Moodle PostScript Code Injection
Blast Radius
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Description
The vulnerability was found in Moodle, occurs due to improper input validation when parsing PostScript code. An omitted execution parameter results in a remote code execution risk for sites running GhostScript versions older than 9.50. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 3.9&&< 3.9.15 | 3.9.15 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 3.11&&< 3.11.8 | 3.11.8 |
| 🐘Packagist | moodle/moodle | ≥ 4.0&&< 4.0.2 | 4.0.2 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for moodle/moodle. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update moodle/moodle to 3.9.15 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2022-35649 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2022-35649 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to CVE-2022-35649. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2022-35649 in your dependencies?
O3 detects CVE-2022-35649 across Packagist dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.