MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 MOOSDB Out-of-Bounds Read via Short Packet
Priority HIGH 71CWE-125Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 contains a buffer over-read vulnerability in CMOOSCommPkt where a four-byte packet triggers out-of-bounds memory access during deserialization. Attackers can open a TCP connection to the MOOSDB port and send a crafted short packet to read memory before authentication.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00668 52nd 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
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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-2026-85455
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2wvf-qgpv-j3rg
References
More themoos Core-moos vulnerabilities
- 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-2026-58626 MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 MOOSDB HTTP Server Unauthenticated Variable Write 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-2026-85455 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-85455 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2wvf-qgpv-j3rg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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