CVE•Published 2026-09-03•Modified 2026-09-08•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-85424
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
44
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 56% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-09-03
Modified 2026-09-08
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-85424Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-85424Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-85424Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-85424GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-85424" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-85424 on GitHub.