CVE-2026-85426
CVE-2026-85426 — MOOS-IvP through 24.8.1 uMemWatch Command Injection via MOOS Client Names
MOOS-IvP uMemWatch through 24.8.1 constructs shell commands from attacker-chosen MOOS client names without sanitization. Attackers can inject shell metacharacters into client names to execute arbitrary commands as the uMemWatch process user through unquoted redirection targets in system calls.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, VulnCheck
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
1%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
9.8
CRITICAL
CISA SSVC assessment
Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.
Exploitation
None
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
Yes
can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Total
partial · total control of the vulnerable component
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-78
References
5 on the record
- github.com/moos-ivp/moos-ivp/pull/121
issue-tracking, patch
- github.com/moos-ivp/moos-ivp/commit/0b2bd991b0ca7139b1edcf271473d33e7eccfc20
patch
- github.com/moos-ivp/moos-ivp
product
- github.com/moos-ivp/moos-ivp/blob/1de9ae146cd63c209e8c3fd81611a4ed2472971b/ivp/src/uMemWatch/MemWatch.cpp#L182
technical-description
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moos-ivp-through-24.8.1-umemwatch-command-injection-via-moos-client-names
third-party-advisory
Elsewhere on this site
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.