What is CVE-2022-38336?

CVE-2022-38336 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mobatek Mobaxterm, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2022-12-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-38336?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Mobatek Mobaxterm

CVE-2022-38336

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2022-12-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Mobatek Mobaxterm

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

docs.ssh-mitm.at/vulnerabilities/CVE-2022-38336.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38336?: CVE-2022-38336 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mobatek Mobaxterm, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2022-12-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-38336?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.