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CVE-2022-38337

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-12-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: 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 products

• Mobatek MobaXterm: through 22.2

References

• https://docs.ssh-mitm.at/vulnerabilities/CVE-2022-38337.html
• https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download-home-edition.html
• https://docs.ssh-mitm.at/vulnerabilities/CVE-2022-38337.html
• https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download-home-edition.html

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