CVE-2026-85451
highMOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 contains a remote process termination vulnerability in the SuicidalSleeper component that uses a hard-coded passphrase for multic…
Vendor / product: Themoos — core-moos
MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 contains a remote process termination vulnerability in the SuicidalSleeper component that uses a hard-coded passphrase for multicast command authorization. Any multicast-reachable peer can enumerate MOOS processes and send termination commands to trigger process shutdown by exploiting the default multicast group and port with the known passphrase.
CVSS
7.1
7.1 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-03 23:17
Modified: 2026-10-14 23:32
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:50 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
themoos / core-moos <10.4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/blob/ec9c77c68fcbdef8f5e4c60fe243acd223433f0c/Core/libMOOS/Comms/SuicidalSleeper.cpp#L45
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/commit/488806a07db9f21eea124f48a9c0392f058f01dc
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/pull/85
References
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/blob/ec9c77c68fcbdef8f5e4c60fe243acd223433f0c/Core/li... disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/commit/488806a07db9f21eea124f48a9c0392f058f01dc disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/pull/85 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moos-core-moos-through-10.4.0-remote-process-terminat... disclosure@vulncheck.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:50 UTC · record ↗