What is CVE-2022-38337?

CVE-2022-38337 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mobatek Mobaxterm, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-12-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-38337?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mobatek Mobaxterm

CVE-2022-38337

When aborting a SFTP connection, MobaXterm before v22.1 sends a hardcoded password to the server. The server treats this as an invalid login attempt which can result in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the user if services like fail2ban are u…

EPSS: 0.007 (50.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Mobatek Mobaxterm
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38337?: CVE-2022-38337 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mobatek Mobaxterm, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-12-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-38337?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.