{"id":"CVE-2026-85451","title":"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","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 pro…","severity":"high","cvss":7.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-798"],"published":"2026-09-03","updated":"2026-09-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-08T20:07:17.943","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85451","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/themoos/core-moos","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/blob/ec9c77c68fcbdef8f5e4c60fe243acd223433f0c/Core/libMOOS/Comms/SuicidalSleeper.cpp#L45","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/commit/488806a07db9f21eea124f48a9c0392f058f01dc","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/pull/85","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moos-core-moos-through-10.4.0-remote-process-termination-via-hard-coded-multicast-passphrase","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00224,"epssPercentile":0.1323,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-08T20:10:03.162Z","slug":"CVE-2026-85451","body":"## Overview\n\nMOOS 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":39,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":39.1,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}