Critical 9.8Published Sep 3, 2026

CVE-2026-85424MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 Missing Authentication for MOOSDB Publish, Subscribe and DB_CLEAR

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 1:00 PM ET)

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MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 lacks authentication in the wire protocol, allowing unauthenticated clients to connect with full publish, subscribe, and database clear privileges. Attackers can bypass the compile-time protocol string check and connect with arbitrary client names to execute privileged operations including DB_CLEAR which resets all variables and clears client mail queues.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-306
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Sep 4, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

themoos core-moos themoos:core_moos (from the name)	through 10.4.0	CNA record
themoos core-moos themoos:core-moos	through 10.4.0	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/pull/84	issue-tracking, patch
https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/commit/5ff5cdec44242156a168cc1a545a6a21357bd3ac	patch, issue-tracking
https://github.com/themoos/core-moos	product
https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/blob/ec9c77c68fcbdef8f5e4c60fe243acd223433f0c/Core/libMOOS/DB/MOOSDB.cpp#L1163	technical-description, issue-tracking
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moos-core-moos-through-10.4.0-missing-authentication-for-moosdb-publish-subscribe-and-db-clear	third-party-advisory

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