CVE-2022-38337 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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 used.

Published: 2022-12-05

Score: 9.1 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mobatek:mobaxterm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-40927	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 used.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00451.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://docs.ssh-mitm.at/vulnerabilities/CVE-2022-38337.html
https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download-home-edition.html

History

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mobatek Mobaxterm

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-12-05T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-24T14:34:43.998Z

Reserved: 2022-08-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38337

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:54:03.453Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-06T00:15:10.107

Modified: 2025-04-24T15:15:48.140

Link: CVE-2022-38337

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-798

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