Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach exposed coro_rpc port
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ExploitSend forged RemoveAll with force flag
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ExecutionBypass lease checks, wipe KV store
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ImpactCache loss and request failures
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Authentication required for critical functions
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires network reachability to the Mooncake Store master's coro_rpc port, which performs no authentication on object-deletion RPCs (CWE-306); the attacker simply sets the force flag in Remove/RemoveByRegex/RemoveAll/BatchRemove requests to bypass the lease checks that would otherwise protect objects. No special non-default configuration, credentials, or user interaction is needed against affected versions (through 0.3.13.post1). The primary limiting factor is deployment topology: if the coro_rpc port is bound to localhost or isolated on a trusted backend network segment behind firewalling, remote exploitation is prevented, making network exposure of that port the decisive risk condition. |
| Impact | Multiple signals point to a genuine but availability-scoped risk rather than a critical compromise. The provided CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) confirms network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated exploitation requiring no user interaction, which aligns cleanly with the CWE-306 (missing authentication) root cause and the description's claim that forged requests on the coro_rpc port bypass lease checks. Impact is deliberately narrow: VC:N (no confidentiality loss), VI:L (limited integrity - attacker deletes but cannot alter/forge data content), and VA:H (high availability impact from wiping the cache), so this is a data-destruction/denial-of-service issue, not code execution or data theft. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or public POC is present in the input, so there is no evidence of active exploitation or automated weaponization - this is a disclosed-but-unproven-in-the-wild finding from VulnCheck. The practical priority is high only where a Mooncake Store master's coro_rpc port is exposed to untrusted networks; in a properly segmented LLM-serving backend the real-world exposure is much lower than the 8.8 base score suggests. No key signals conflict, but note the reliance on a single researcher source (VulnCheck/NVD) with no vendor advisory confirming fixed versions. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who can reach the Mooncake Store master's coro_rpc port over the network sends a forged Remove/RemoveByRegex/RemoveAll/BatchRemove request with the force flag set, bypassing lease checks without any authentication. This lets them delete arbitrary objects or clear the entire KV cache, causing cache misses, recomputation storms, and failed inference requests across the LLM-serving cluster. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the vulnerable code path is pinpointed in the referenced master_service.cpp source. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 06, 2026
Unauthenticated remote attackers can force-delete arbitrary objects in Mooncake Store master through 0.3.13.post1 by sending forged Remove, RemoveByRegex, RemoveAll, or BatchRemove RPCs to the coro_rpc port with the force flag set, bypassing lease checks. This CWE-306 missing-authentication flaw is availability-scoped (CVSS 3.1: C:N/I:L/A:H) and requires only network reachability to the coro_rpc port, enabling cache loss and request failures. No public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation (CISA KEV) was identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch was identified at time of analysis; monitor the vendor repository and issue #4474 for updates. Until a fix is available, reduce exposure by binding the coro_rpc port to localhost or an isolated, trusted backend network segment and applying firewall rules that block external access to that port-trade-offs include potential disruption of legitimate distributed deployments that require remote master access. Additionally, disable any unused RPC endpoints if the deployment allows it, and monitor for unexpected Remove, RemoveByRegex, RemoveAll, or BatchRemove calls as an early warning of exploitation. Review the VulnCheck advisory at https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mooncake-store-through-0.3.13-post1-unauthenticated-object-deletion-via-remove-rpcs for further guidance.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Mooncake Store is a KVCache-centric distributed object store from the kvcache-ai/Mooncake project. Its master service exposes a coro_rpc interface that handles object-deletion operations-Remove, RemoveByRegex, RemoveAll, and BatchRemove-without any authentication check (CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function). The referenced code at mooncake-store/src/master_service.cpp lines 6416-6478 shows that these RPCs accept a force flag which, when set, bypasses lease checks that would normally prevent deletion of objects still under lease. Because the RPC layer performs no identity verification, any network client that can reach the coro_rpc port can invoke these methods, delete individual keys, wipe keys matching a regex, or clear the entire store. Affected versions are through 0.3.13.post1; no CPE strings were provided in the input.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Unauthenticated network RPC with no checks gives AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N; deletion yields A:H and limited I:L, with no confidentiality impact (C:N).
Primary rating from Vendor (vulncheck).
CVSS VectorVendor: vulncheck
DescriptionCVE.org
Mooncake Store master through 0.3.13.post1 contains a missing authentication vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to force-delete any object via Remove, RemoveByRegex, RemoveAll and BatchRemove on the coro_rpc port. Attackers can send forged requests with the force flag set to bypass lease checks, wipe keys matching any regex, or clear the entire store, causing cache loss and request failures.
Executive ViewAI
Mooncake Store master versions up to and including 0.3.13.post1 are vulnerable to a missing authentication flaw that allows network-reachable attackers to delete cached objects, potentially causing cache loss and request failures across dependent services. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, but organizations relying on Mooncake Store for caching or data distribution face degraded performance and possible outages until a patch is available. Leadership should prioritize network isolation of the coro_rpc port and plan for an upgrade when the vendor releases a fix.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations include: restricting network access to the coro_rpc port to trusted hosts only; monitoring for unauthorized Remove, RemoveByRegex, RemoveAll, and BatchRemove RPC calls with the force flag; and implementing an authentication proxy or gateway in front of the coro_rpc service to block unauthenticated requests.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
EUVD-2026-93401
GHSA-j222-33gf-8mpg
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
Vulnrichment
VulDB
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