CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-25866
8.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-03-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 8.5 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-428
Description
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 execution in the context of the affected user.
Affected configurations
• mobatek mobaxterm (< 26.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element weakness
References
- https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download-home-edition.html Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mobaxterm-notepad-unquoted-service-path Third Party Advisory