CVE-2026-85441
MOOSDB can be crashed via negative serialized string length, enabling remote DoS.
Is CVE-2026-85441 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-85441 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.37% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-85441?
CVE-2026-85441 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.7. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-85441?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-85441. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-85441 affect?
CVE-2026-85441 affects core-moos (MOOS) <= 10.4.0, MOOSDB. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-85441?
Upgrade core-moos to the patched commit/release or apply the vendor patch immediately.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated remote attacker can send a crafted MOOSDB message with a negative length to crash the database process, causing denial of service.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 10.4.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.