Vulnerability · Published Sep 3, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-85431MOOS essential-moos through 10.0.1 pMOOSBridge Unauthenticated UDP Packet Injection
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity insufficient verification of data authenticity in essential-moos from themoos. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.4% (higher than 89% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)3.4%top 11.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
MOOS essential-moos through version 10.0.1 contains an unauthenticated UDP packet injection vulnerability in pMOOSBridge when configured with UDPListen. Attackers can send crafted UDP packets to the configured port to inject arbitrary variables into the local MOOS community with spoofed source and community identifiers.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| themoos | essential-moos | 0 – through 10.0.1 |
Weakness: CWE-345 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
- Pull Request #19 issue-tracking, patch
- Proposed fix commit (pull request not merged) patch
- https://github.com/themoos/essential-moos product
- MOOSUDPLink.cpp (verified sink) technical-description
- VulnCheck Advisory: MOOS essential-moos through 10.0.1 pMOOSBridge Unauthenticated UDP Packet Injection third-party-advisory