MobaXterm up to 22.0 SSH/SFTP improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in MobaXterm up to 22.0. This affects an unknown part of the component SSH/SFTP. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-38336. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MobaXterm up to 22.0 (Windowing System Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component SSH/SFTP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 12/06/2022. The advisory is available at docs.ssh-mitm.at. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-38336 since 08/15/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 22.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-40926). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Vector: 🔍
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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 8.1
NVD Vector: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: MobaXterm 22.1

Timelineinfo

08/15/2022 🔍
12/06/2022 +113 days 🔍
12/06/2022 +0 days 🔍
06/22/2026 +1294 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: docs.ssh-mitm.at
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-38336 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-38336
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-214898
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 12/06/2022 10:29
Updated: 06/22/2026 07:45
Changes: 12/06/2022 10:29 (40), 12/31/2022 07:32 (11), 06/22/2026 07:45 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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