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CVE-2026-85426: MOOS-IvP through 24.8.1 uMemWatch Command Injection via MOOS Client Names

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-03 · updated 2026-09-08
• Weakness: CWE-78

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.

Affected products

• moos-ivp: through 24.8.1

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

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