Mobatek MobaXterm Personal Edition up to 26.3 DLL winspool.drv uncontrolled search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mobatek MobaXterm Personal Edition up to 26.3 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library winspool.drv of the component DLL Handler. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-11967. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mobatek MobaXterm Personal Edition up to 26.3. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part in the library winspool.drv of the component DLL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncontrolled search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-427. The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

MobaXterm Personal Edition (Portable), in its 26.3 version (Build 5154), allows arbitrary code execution by loading a malicious DLL located in the same directory as the portable executable. Because the application automatically loads the winspool.drv library from that location during startup, an attacker with local access can place a specially crafted DLL alongside the executable to be executed when the victim launches the application.

It is possible to read the advisory at incibe.es. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-11967 since 06/11/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 26.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Uncontrolled search path
CWE: CWE-427 / CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MobaXterm Personal Edition 26.4

Timelineinfo

06/11/2026 CVE reserved
06/12/2026 +1 days Advisory disclosed
06/12/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/12/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: incibe.es
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-11967 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-11967
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-370583

Entryinfo

Created: 06/12/2026 15:52
Changes: 06/12/2026 15:52 (69)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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