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.
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Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:45:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 Missing Authentication for MOOSDB Publish, Subscribe and DB_CLEAR | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-306 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
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Updated: 2026-09-03T22:38:20.333Z
Reserved: 2026-09-03T19:50:44.220Z
Link: CVE-2026-85424
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