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Monkey Project

First CVE: Dec 31, 2002Active for: 24 yearsTotal CVEs: 59

Monkey Project maintains a single, narrowly scoped penetration-testing and network-reconnaissance tool that has accumulated a notable CVE footprint despite its focused scope. The product's role as an offensive security framework—designed to simulate attacks and enumerate network vulnerabilities—creates an inherent attack surface around its own implementation, resulting in a discrepancy between the vendor's modest product count and its representation in vulnerability disclosures. The recurring exposure across Monkey itself reflects the complexity of building a tool that must interact with diverse network environments and execute reconnaissance payloads, yet remains a specialized offering rather than a broadly embedded dependency. Defenders and red-teamers using this tool should treat security advisories from this vendor seriously; current severity, exploitation activity, and exposure details are shown alongside this summary.

FAUCET AI Generated
30
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 97% of tracked vendors
1.5
Avg CVEs / Product / Year
More Avg CVEs / Product / Year than 94% of tracked vendors
6.3
Avg CVSS Score
Higher Avg CVSS Score than 39% of tracked vendors
0.0%
In CISA KEV
Bottom 1%

Trends Over Time

The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Monkey Project over time

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Dec 31, 2002
23 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Jan 29, 2026
176 days ago

Products(1 total)

Top CVEs

Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (30 CVEs).

30 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
CVE-2013-3843MEDIUM
Stack-based buffer overflow in the mk_request_header_process function in mk_request.c in Monkey HTTP Daemon (monkeyd) before 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of serv
Jun 13, 20146.836NOYES
CVE-2013-2159CRITICAL
Monkey HTTP Daemon: broken user name authentication
Dec 10, 20199.832NONO
CVE-2004-0276MEDIUM
The get_real_string function in Monkey HTTP Daemon (monkeyd) 0.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP request with a sequence of "
Nov 23, 20045.029NOYES
CVE-2002-1663MEDIUM
The Post_Method function in method.c for Monkey HTTP Daemon before 0.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a POST request with an invalid or missing
Dec 31, 20025.029NOYES
CVE-2025-63655HIGH
A NULL pointer dereference in the mk_http_range_parse function (mk_server/mk_http.c) of monkey commit f37e984 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via sending a craf
Jan 29, 20267.528NONO
CVE-2013-3724MEDIUM
The mk_request_header_process function in mk_request.c in Monkey 1.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (thread crash and service outage) via a '\0' character i
Aug 1, 20135.028NOYES
CVE-2013-2182MEDIUM
The Mandril security plugin in Monkey HTTP Daemon (monkeyd) before 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions via a crafted URI, as demonstrated by an encoded forw
Jun 13, 20145.826NOYES
CVE-2025-63658HIGH
A stack overflow in the mk_http_index_lookup function (mk_server/mk_http.c) of monkey commit f37e984 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via sending a crafted HTTP
Jan 29, 20267.525NONO
CVE-2025-63657HIGH
An out-of-bounds read in the mk_mimetype_find function (mk_server/mk_mimetype.c) of monkey commit f37e984 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via sending a crafted
Jan 29, 20267.525NONO
CVE-2025-63656HIGH
An out-of-bounds read in the header_cmp function (mk_server/mk_http_parser.c) of monkey commit f37e984 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via sending a crafted HTT
Jan 29, 20267.525NONO
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CVE Severity & Scoring

Severity distribution of CVEs that affect this vendor's products30 CVEs
50%
43%
Severity distribution among all CVEs352,231 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
LowMediumHighCritical
Attack Vector
Local1 (3.3%)
Network11 (36.7%)
Unknown18 (60.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low12 (40.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown18 (60.0%)
User Interaction
None12 (40.0%)
Unknown18 (60.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low1 (3.3%)
High0 (0.0%)
None11 (36.7%)
Unknown18 (60.0%)

Exploit Exposure

Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (30 CVEs).

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
1 CVE
3.3% of CVEs· 98th percentile
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
6 CVEs
20.0% of CVEs· 78th percentile

Social Chatter

An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Monkey Project.

Media Mentions

Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Monkey Project — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.

Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Monkey Project's Products

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Top CWEs