Executive brief
MOOS-IvP uFldShoreBroker is a message broker component used in autonomous marine vehicle software. An attacker can exploit a missing resource limit to supply unlimited distinct community names, causing the application to consume unbounded memory and degrade performance, potentially rendering the system unavailable.
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in ShoreBroker::handleMailNodePing() which stores claimed community names in parallel vectors without enforcing any upper limit. An attacker (or a malicious publisher on the network) can send messages with an unbounded number of distinct community names, causing the broker to retain this state indefinitely. The attack requires network access to the MOOS-IvP broker and does not require authentication. Successful exploitation leads to memory exhaustion, CPU performance degradation, and potential denial of service. A fix implementing resource limits is expected in a future patch.
Affected products
- MOOS-IvP uFldShoreBroker through 24.8.1
Timeline
- 2026-09-03: disclosed