HIGH
MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 Remote Process Termination via Hard-Coded Multicast Passphrase
Published Sep 3, 2026
7.1
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 0.36%
Description
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 products
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- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<=10.4.0
- Version
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No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (1)
References (6)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-70785 Advisory
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos product
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/blob/ec9c77c68fcbdef8f5e4c60fe243acd223433f0c/Core/libMOOS/Comms/SuicidalSleeper.cpp#L45 technical-description
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/commit/488806a07db9f21eea124f48a9c0392f058f01dc patch
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/pull/85 issue-trackingpatch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moos-core-moos-through-10.4.0-remote-process-termination-via-hard-coded-multicast-passphrase third-party-advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner VulnCheck
Published Sep 3, 2026
Updated Sep 4, 2026
Reserved Sep 3, 2026
Link CVE-2026-85451
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Sep 4, 2026
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2026-70785 Assigner VulnCheck
Published Sep 3, 2026
Updated Sep 4, 2026
Exploited since n/a
Link EUVD-2026-70785