MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 MOOSDB HTTP Server Unauthenticated Variable Write
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the optional MOOSDB HTTP server that allows unauthenticated clients to write variables. Attackers can send HTTP requests with variable names and values to the MOOSDB HTTP server port to modify MOOS variables including actuator and override commands without authentication.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-85428
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2p25-xm7m-9vh5
References
More themoos Core-moos vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-58653 MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 MOOSDB Out-of-Bounds Read via Short Packet CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-58638 MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 MOOSDB Pre-Authentication Heap Overflow via Negative Packet Length CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-58622 MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 Missing Authentication for MOOSDB Publish, Subscribe and DB_CLEAR CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-58648 MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 MOOSDB HTTP Server Resource Exhaustion CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-58641 MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 MOOSDB Accept Loop Denial of Service CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-58640 MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 MOOSDB Denial of Service via Unbounded Packet Allocation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
Sources
- CVE-2026-85428 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-85428 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2p25-xm7m-9vh5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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