CVE-2022-38337 is a critical vulnerability affecting MobaXterm versions prior to v22.1, where aborting an SFTP connection causes the client to send a hardcoded password to the server. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) for the user if the server employs services like fail2ban, due to repeated invalid login attempts. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 22.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mobatek:mobaxterm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.