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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-6421 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 7.3 HIGH
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/E:P

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://download.mobatek.net/2622026032581854/MobaXterm_Installer_v26.2.zip VulDB
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17bbNDzfoD3NNPlUMkSYs8bVzVbbwddnU/view VulDB
https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download-home-edition.html VulDB
https://vuldb.com/submit/778851 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/358020 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/358020/cti VulDB

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path VulDB  
CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element VulDB  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-6421
NVD Published Date:
04/17/2026
NVD Last Modified:
04/17/2026
Source:
VulDB