CVE-2026-85456
Description
MOOS-IvP through 24.8.1 fails to properly validate variable names extracted from alog files in the SplitHandler, allowing attackers to write files outside the split directory. Attackers can supply crafted alog files with backslash sequences in variable names to escape the output directory and append to arbitrary files on Windows systems.
Predictions
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/lib_logutils/SplitHandler.cpp#L189
- https://github.com/moos-ivp/moos-ivp/commit/6f0619e905b325d6b88f76425673045c6e4f6f94
- https://github.com/moos-ivp/moos-ivp/pull/137
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moos-ivp-through-24.8.1-alog-splitting-path-traversal-on-windows
CWEs
CWE-22
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.