Resource exhaustion in Themoos Core-Moos
CVE-2026-85450
MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the MOOSDB HTTP server that creates unbounded connections and threads without limits. Attackers can open many connections and send endless header data to exhaust server threads and memory, causing service unavailability.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (49.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.003
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/themoos/core-moos (Product, product)
- github.com/themoos/core-moos/blob/ec9c77c68fcbdef8f5e4c60fe243acd223433f0c/Core… (technical-description, Patch, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/themoos/core-moos/commit/dfef92b3bc31886bc47e4d680aef583b78cb8d72 (Patch, patch, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/themoos/core-moos/pull/79 (issue-tracking, Patch, patch, Issue Tracking)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moos-core-moos-through-10.4.0-moosdb-http-server-r… (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-85450?
- CVE-2026-85450 is a high-severity vulnerability in Themoos Core-Moos, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-09-03.
- How severe is CVE-2026-85450?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.