CVE-2026-85426
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
9.3
VIR risk
9.8
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://github.com/moos-ivp/moos-ivp
- https://github.com/moos-ivp/moos-ivp/blob/1de9ae146cd63c209e8c3fd81611a4ed2472971b/ivp/src/uMemWatch/MemWatch.cpp#L182
- https://github.com/moos-ivp/moos-ivp/commit/0b2bd991b0ca7139b1edcf271473d33e7eccfc20
- https://github.com/moos-ivp/moos-ivp/pull/121
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moos-ivp-through-24.8.1-umemwatch-command-injection-via-moos-client-names
CWEs
CWE-78
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.