Mooncake transfer engine through 0.3.13.post1 Denial of Service via P2P Handshake Daemon Response Write
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Mooncake transfer engine through 0.3.13.post1 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to block the handshake daemon by never reading replies. Attackers can send a Metadata request to the handshake RPC port and stall SocketHandShakePlugin's single listener thread in writeFully(), breaking all subsequent handshakes, metadata fetches, notify and probe requests.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kvcache-ai | Mooncake | up to 0.3.13.post1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Mooncake Vendorkvcache-ai Affected up to 0.3.13.post1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-103760
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mmqv-rpx9-mqhx
References
More kvcache-ai vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-68428 Missing authentication in Mooncake Store REST service CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-65760 Mooncake transfer engine before 0.3.13 Unauthenticated Arbitrary Memory Read/Write via TCP Transport CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-21201 KTransformers Unsafe Deserialization RCE via balance_serve CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-65761 Mooncake through 0.3.13.post1 Missing Authentication in HTTP Metadata Server CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-68429 Mooncake Store lets unauthenticated attackers delete any object CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-67384 Mooncake before 0.3.12 Out-of-Bounds Read via P2P Handshake readString CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
Sources
- CVE-2026-103760 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-103760 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mmqv-rpx9-mqhx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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