Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-85446 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-85446 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-85446?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 3 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- MOOS-IvP through 24.8.1.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-85446?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-85446 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-85446?
- Check whether you run MOOS-IvP at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is a quadratic processing complexity flaw in the uFldNodeComms component of MOOS-IvP. Each unique node identity in incoming reports triggers creation of a new ledger entry and initiates all-pairs distribution work, leading to quadratic time complexity as the number of distinct node identities grows. An attacker with network access to the broker can supply unbounded distinct node names in malformed or crafted reports to overwhelm processing. No authentication bypass or code execution is achieved; the impact is purely denial of service through computational exhaustion. Fix availability and patch details are not specified in the advisory.
Affected products
- MOOS-IvP MOOS-IvP through 24.8.1
Timeline
- 2026-09-03: disclosed