Mobatek Mobaxterm vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-15376 [CRITICAL] CWE-94 CVE-2017-15376: The TELNET service in Mobatek MobaXterm 10.4 does not require authentication, which allows remote at The TELNET service in Mobatek MobaXterm 10.4 does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via TCP port 23.

CVE-2017-6805 [MEDIUM] CWE-22 CVE-2017-6805: Directory traversal vulnerability in the TFTP server in MobaXterm Personal Edition 9.4 allows remote Directory traversal vulnerability in the TFTP server in MobaXterm Personal Edition 9.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a GET command.

CVE-2019-7690 [CRITICAL] CWE-255 CVE-2019-7690: In MobaTek MobaXterm Personal Edition v11.1 Build 3860, the SSH private key and its password can be In MobaTek MobaXterm Personal Edition v11.1 Build 3860, the SSH private key and its password can be retrieved from process memory for the lifetime of the process, even after the user disconnects from the remote SSH server. This affects Passwordless Authentication that has a Password Protected SSH Private Key.

CVE-2019-13475 [HIGH] CWE-88 CVE-2019-13475: In MobaXterm 11.1, the mobaxterm: URI handler has an argument injection vulnerability that allows re In MobaXterm 11.1, the mobaxterm: URI handler has an argument injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands when the user visits a specially crafted URL. Based on the available command-line arguments of the software, one can simply inject -exec to execute arbitrary commands. The additional arguments -hideterm and -e

CVE-2019-16305 [HIGH] CWE-77 CVE-2019-16305: In MobaXterm 11.1 and 12.1, the protocol handler is vulnerable to command injection. A crafted link In MobaXterm 11.1 and 12.1, the protocol handler is vulnerable to command injection. A crafted link can trigger a popup asking whether the user wants to run MobaXterm to handle the link. If accepted, another popup appears asking for further confirmation. If this is also accepted, command execution is achieved, as demonstrated by the MobaXterm://`calc` U

CVE-2015-7244 [HIGH] CWE-284 CVE-2015-7244: The default configuration of the server in MobaXterm before 8.3 has a disabled Access Control settin The default configuration of the server in MobaXterm before 8.3 has a disabled Access Control setting and consequently does not require authentication for X11 connections, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or obtain sensitive information via X11 packets.

CVE-2022-38336 [HIGH] CWE-287 CVE-2022-38336: An access control issue in MobaXterm before v22.1 allows attackers to make connections to the server An access control issue in MobaXterm before v22.1 allows attackers to make connections to the server via the SSH or SFTP protocols without authentication.

CVE-2026-25866 [HIGH] CWE-428 CVE-2026-25866: MobaXterm versions prior to 26.1 contain an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability. The appl MobaXterm versions prior to 26.1 contain an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability. The application calls WinExec to execute Notepad++ without a fully qualified executable path when opening remote files. An attacker can exploit the search path behavior by placing a malicious executable earlier in the search order, resulting in arbitrary code e

CVE-2022-38337 [CRITICAL] CWE-798 CVE-2022-38337: When aborting a SFTP connection, MobaXterm before v22.1 sends a hardcoded password to the server. Th When aborting a SFTP connection, MobaXterm before v22.1 sends a hardcoded password to the server. The server treats this as an invalid login attempt which can result in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the user if services like fail2ban are used.

CVE-2021-28847 [HIGH] CVE-2021-28847: MobaXterm before 21.0 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (Windows GUI hang) via tab MobaXterm before 21.0 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (Windows GUI hang) via tab title change requests that are sent repeatedly at high speed, which results in many SetWindowTextA or SetWindowTextW calls.

CVE-2025-0714 [MEDIUM] CWE-1204 CVE-2025-0714: The vulnerability exists in the password storage of Mobateks MobaXterm in versions below 25.0. MobaX The vulnerability exists in the password storage of Mobateks MobaXterm in versions below 25.0. MobaXTerm uses an initialisation vector (IV) consisting only of zero bytes and a master key to encrypt each password individually. In the default configuration, on opening MobaXTerm, the user is prompted for their password. A derivative of the password is u