CVE-2026-85443

MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in MOOSCommServer::ListenLoop() where the accept thread performs a blocking receive without timeout during the wire-protocol handshake. An attacker can open a TCP connection to the MOOSDB port and send no data, causing the accept thread to block indefinitely while holding the socket-list lock, preventing all subsequent client connections.

CVSS 4.0

8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 49% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-400

Published

2026-09-03

Modified

2026-10-14

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• themoos:core-moos

References

• https://github.com/themoos/core-moos
• https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/blob/ec9c77c68fcbdef8f5e4c60fe243acd223433f0c/Core/libMOOS/Comms/MOOSCommServer.cpp#L922
• https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/commit/8d940303949a850d4625eca2a60f27adee9c3ec4
• https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/pull/83
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moos-core-moos-through-10.4.0-moosdb-accept-loop-denial-of-service

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