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.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Monkey Project over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (30 CVEs).
30 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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, 2014 | 6.8 | 36 | NO | YES |
CVE-2013-2159CRITICAL Monkey HTTP Daemon: broken user name authentication | Dec 10, 2019 | 9.8 | 32 | NO | NO |
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, 2004 | 5.0 | 29 | NO | YES |
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, 2002 | 5.0 | 29 | NO | YES |
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, 2026 | 7.5 | 28 | NO | NO |
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, 2013 | 5.0 | 28 | NO | YES |
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, 2014 | 5.8 | 26 | NO | YES |
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, 2026 | 7.5 | 25 | NO | NO |
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, 2026 | 7.5 | 25 | NO | NO |
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, 2026 | 7.5 | 25 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (30 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Monkey Project.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Monkey Project — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.