Mooncake transfer engine before 0.3.13 contains an untrusted pointer dereference in ServerSession::readHeader that allows unauthenticated attackers to read and write arbitrary process memory via the TCP transport data port. Attackers can send a crafted SessionHeader with arbitrary addr and size values using READ or WRITE opcodes to disclose KV cache contents, prompts and secrets or corrupt memory toward code execution.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
kvcache-ai Mooncake unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 0.3.13

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References
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https://github.com/kvcache-ai/Mooncake cve-icon
https://github.com/kvcache-ai/Mooncake/blob/6041a609a8c3af35e778f70db344f145c2914980/mooncake-transfer-engine/src/transport/tcp_transport/tcp_transport.cpp#L209 cve-icon
https://github.com/kvcache-ai/Mooncake/commit/a2933849417259e562fc9cbad63c618d464dfb2d cve-icon
https://github.com/kvcache-ai/Mooncake/issues/4441 cve-icon
https://github.com/kvcache-ai/Mooncake/releases/tag/v0.3.13 cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mooncake-transfer-engine-before-0.3.13-unauthenticated-arbitrary-memory-read-write-via-tcp-transport cve-icon
History

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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Description Mooncake transfer engine before 0.3.13 contains an untrusted pointer dereference in ServerSession::readHeader that allows unauthenticated attackers to read and write arbitrary process memory via the TCP transport data port. Attackers can send a crafted SessionHeader with arbitrary addr and size values using READ or WRITE opcodes to disclose KV cache contents, prompts and secrets or corrupt memory toward code execution.
Title Mooncake transfer engine before 0.3.13 Unauthenticated Arbitrary Memory Read/Write via TCP Transport
Weaknesses CWE-822
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-01T23:19:57.849Z

Reserved: 2026-10-01T10:39:47.845Z

Link: CVE-2026-103764

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