CVE-2026-85451
7.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| themoos | core-moos | 0 <= 10.4.0 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials
References
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/pull/85
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/commit/488806a07db9f21eea124f48a9c0392f058f01dc
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/blob/ec9c77c68fcbdef8f5e4c60fe243acd223433f0c/Core/libMOOS/Comms/SuicidalSleeper.cpp#L45
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moos-core-moos-through-10.4.0-remote-process-termination-via-hard-coded-multicast-passphrase
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