CVE-2026-6421

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
MobatekMobaXterm Home Edition26.0affected
MobatekMobaXterm Home Edition26.1affected
MobatekMobaXterm Home Edition26.2unaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path
  • CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

References