CVE-2026-6421

high

Description

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. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.

References

https://vuldb.com/vuln/358020/cti

https://vuldb.com/vuln/358020

https://vuldb.com/submit/778851

https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download-home-edition.html

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17bbNDzfoD3NNPlUMkSYs8bVzVbbwddnU/view

https://download.mobatek.net/2622026032581854/MobaXterm_Installer_v26.2.zip

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-17

Updated: 2026-04-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: 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

Severity: High