CVE-2026-85427

Description

MOOS essential-moos pAntler through 10.0.1 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary programs by publishing a crafted MISSION_FILE message to the MOOSDB. Attackers can publish a mission file containing malicious Run entries that pAntler parses and executes via execvp() without authentication validation.

References

• https://github.com/themoos/essential-moos
• https://github.com/themoos/essential-moos/blob/b897ea86dba8b61412dc48ac0cfb5ff34cdaf5f6/Essentials/pAntler/Antler.cpp#L95
• https://github.com/themoos/essential-moos/commit/e219f26710927f9c155a6b0dc11e3bd5f3da6730
• https://github.com/themoos/essential-moos/pull/17
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moos-essential-moos-through-10.0.1-pantler-remote-code-execution-via-unauthenticated-mission-file