CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-38337
9.1 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-12-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-798
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• mobatek mobaxterm (<= 22.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials weakness
References
- https://docs.ssh-mitm.at/vulnerabilities/CVE-2022-38337.html Third Party Advisory
- https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download-home-edition.html Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.ssh-mitm.at/vulnerabilities/CVE-2022-38337.html Third Party Advisory
- https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download-home-edition.html Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory