What is CVE-2019-7690?

CVE-2019-7690 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mobatek Mobaxterm, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2019-7690?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-7690 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Mobatek Mobaxterm

CVE-2019-7690

In MobaTek MobaXterm Personal Edition v11.1 Build 3860, the SSH private key and its password can be retrieved from process memory for the lifetime of the process, even after the user disconnects from the remote SSH server. This affects Passwordless Authentication that has a Password Protected SSH Private Key.

Published 2019-05-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.032 (87.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mobatek Mobaxterm — versions 11.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-255

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/yogeshshe1ke/CVE/blob/master/2019-7690/mobaxterm_exploit.py (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-7690?: CVE-2019-7690 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mobatek Mobaxterm, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2019-7690?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-7690 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.