CVE-2026-103765
9.4 CRITICALpublic exploit availablePublished 2026-10-02 · Updated 2026-10-02
AI risk analysis
- Summary
- Mooncake through 0.3.13.post1 has a missing authentication vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate metadata, potentially leading to data poisoning or server memory exhaustion.
- Exploitability
- Exploitation is straightforward with no preconditions required, as the vulnerability allows unauthenticated access.
- Blast radius
- If exploited, attackers could significantly impact the system by poisoning segment descriptors or exhausting server memory, leading to service disruption.
- Detection
- No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.
- Prioritized remediation
- Upgrade to Mooncake 0.3.13.post2 or later.
Analysis generated locally by qwen2.5:7b-instruct (no data left the box). AI-assisted — verify against primary sources before acting.
NVD description
Mooncake through 0.3.13.post1 contains a missing authentication vulnerability in the HTTP metadata server /metadata handler that allows unauthenticated attackers to read, overwrite, and delete transfer engine metadata keys. Attackers can poison segment descriptors such as tcp_data_port or re-create rpc_meta entries to redirect KV cache transfers to attacker-controlled listeners, or exhaust server memory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-306
Public exploit & PoC references
All references
- https://github.com/kvcache-ai/Mooncake
- https://github.com/kvcache-ai/Mooncake/blob/719735896c86b56fabec6cf3e825fb2ea640597a/mooncake-wheel/mooncake/http_metadata_server.py#L61-L106
- https://github.com/kvcache-ai/Mooncake/issues/4444
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mooncake-through-0.3.13-post1-missing-authentication-in-http-metadata-server
- https://github.com/kvcache-ai/Mooncake/issues/4444
Source data: NVD (nvd.nist.gov), public domain. Exploit-DB.ai adds local AI analysis for defensive use only.
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