CVE-2026-85451

HIGH 7.1

MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 Remote Process Termination via Hard-Coded Multicast Passphrase

CVSS Score

7.1

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-798
Vendor	themoos
Product	core-moos
Published	Sep 3, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Affected Versions

themoos / core-moos

0 ≤ 10.4.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

github.com: https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/pull/85 github.com: https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/commit/488806a07db9f21eea124f48a9c0392f058f01dc github.com: https://github.com/themoos/core-moos github.com: https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/blob/ec9c77c68fcbdef8f5e4c60fe243acd223433f0c/Core/libMOOS/Comms/SuicidalSleeper.cpp#L45 vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moos-core-moos-through-10.4.0-remote-process-termination-via-hard-coded-multicast-passphrase

Credits

Vlatko Kosturjak