CVE-2022-38337

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CVSS 3.1

9.1 critical

EPSS

<1%p52

Published

Dec 6, 2022 (Dec 6, 2022)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: mobatek
Products: mobaxterm
Weakness: CWE-798
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.7%)

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