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.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 3
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/blob/ec9c77c68fcbdef8f5e4c60fe243acd223433f0c/Core/libMOOS/Comms/SuicidalSleeper.cpp#L45 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/commit/488806a07db9f21eea124f48a9c0392f058f01dc Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/pull/85 Issue Tracking, Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.1 · themoosNVD modified 2026-10-14 23:32
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:themoos:core-moos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 5
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos Product
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/blob/ec9c77c68fcbdef8f5e4c60fe243acd223433f0c/Core/libMOOS/Comms/SuicidalSleeper.cpp#L45 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/commit/488806a07db9f21eea124f48a9c0392f058f01dc Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/pull/85 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moos-core-moos-through-10.4.0-remote-process-termination-via-hard-coded-multicast-passphrase Third Party Advisory