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CVE-2026-6421

A vulnerability has been found in Mobatek MobaXterm Home Edition up to 26.1. This affects an unknown part in the library msimg32.dll. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. An attack has to be approached locally. The attack is considered to have high complexity. It is indicated that the exploitability is difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 26.2 is able to mitigate this issue. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:805c2a98f85810044a8ab3432af63d5b12530ce8a62866e2eba3e759d262dd0e
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
2

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 4 assertions

{"metric":{"baseScore":7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4360ff7d3009bbfa478b8282d5a89f94bd37745b413fae470bf12066699aa0d3 · sha256:fac4692b9949db4c… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

{"metric":{"baseScore":7.3,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","version":"4.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4360ff7d3009bbfa478b8282d5a89f94bd37745b413fae470bf12066699aa0d3 · sha256:fac4692b9949db4c… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

{"metric":{"baseScore":7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_0"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4360ff7d3009bbfa478b8282d5a89f94bd37745b413fae470bf12066699aa0d3 · sha256:fac4692b9949db4c… · /containers/cna/metrics/2/cvssV3_0

{"metric":{"baseScore":6,"vectorString":"AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C","version":"2.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV2_0"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4360ff7d3009bbfa478b8282d5a89f94bd37745b413fae470bf12066699aa0d3 · sha256:fac4692b9949db4c… · /containers/cna/metrics/3/cvssV2_0
cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-426","description":"Untrusted Search Path","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4360ff7d3009bbfa478b8282d5a89f94bd37745b413fae470bf12066699aa0d3 · sha256:fac4692b9949db4c… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

{"cweId":"CWE-427","description":"Uncontrolled Search Path","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4360ff7d3009bbfa478b8282d5a89f94bd37745b413fae470bf12066699aa0d3 · sha256:fac4692b9949db4c… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"MobaXterm Home Edition","vendor":"Mobatek","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"26.0"},{"status":"affected","version":"26.1"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"26.2"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4360ff7d3009bbfa478b8282d5a89f94bd37745b413fae470bf12066699aa0d3 · sha256:fac4692b9949db4c… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

4 source assertions
{"metric":{"baseScore":7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4360ff7d3009bbfa478b8282d5a89f94bd37745b413fae470bf12066699aa0d3 · sha256:fac4692b9949db4c… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1
{"metric":{"baseScore":7.3,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","version":"4.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4360ff7d3009bbfa478b8282d5a89f94bd37745b413fae470bf12066699aa0d3 · sha256:fac4692b9949db4c… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
{"metric":{"baseScore":7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4360ff7d3009bbfa478b8282d5a89f94bd37745b413fae470bf12066699aa0d3 · sha256:fac4692b9949db4c… · /containers/cna/metrics/2/cvssV3_0
{"metric":{"baseScore":6,"vectorString":"AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C","version":"2.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV2_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4360ff7d3009bbfa478b8282d5a89f94bd37745b413fae470bf12066699aa0d3 · sha256:fac4692b9949db4c… · /containers/cna/metrics/3/cvssV2_0

CWE assertions

2 source assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-426","description":"Untrusted Search Path","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4360ff7d3009bbfa478b8282d5a89f94bd37745b413fae470bf12066699aa0d3 · sha256:fac4692b9949db4c… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-427","description":"Uncontrolled Search Path","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4360ff7d3009bbfa478b8282d5a89f94bd37745b413fae470bf12066699aa0d3 · sha256:fac4692b9949db4c… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

6 source assertions
{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://download.mobatek.net/2622026032581854/MobaXterm_Installer_v26.2.zip"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4360ff7d3009bbfa478b8282d5a89f94bd37745b413fae470bf12066699aa0d3 · sha256:fac4692b9949db4c… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://drive.google.com/file/d/17bbNDzfoD3NNPlUMkSYs8bVzVbbwddnU/view"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4360ff7d3009bbfa478b8282d5a89f94bd37745b413fae470bf12066699aa0d3 · sha256:fac4692b9949db4c… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"tags":["related"],"url":"https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download-home-edition.html"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4360ff7d3009bbfa478b8282d5a89f94bd37745b413fae470bf12066699aa0d3 · sha256:fac4692b9949db4c… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"name":"Submit #778851 | Mobatek MobaXterm 26.1.0.5456 Uncontrolled Search Path -- DLL hijacking with msimg32.dll","tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://vuldb.com/submit/778851"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4360ff7d3009bbfa478b8282d5a89f94bd37745b413fae470bf12066699aa0d3 · sha256:fac4692b9949db4c… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"VDB-358020 | Mobatek MobaXterm Home Edition msimg32.dll uncontrolled search path","tags":["vdb-entry"],"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/358020"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4360ff7d3009bbfa478b8282d5a89f94bd37745b413fae470bf12066699aa0d3 · sha256:fac4692b9949db4c… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"VDB-358020 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)","tags":["signature","permissions-required"],"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/358020/cti"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4360ff7d3009bbfa478b8282d5a89f94bd37745b413fae470bf12066699aa0d3 · sha256:fac4692b9949db4c… · /containers/cna/references/1

Attribution and limitations

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