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A vulnerability has been found in Mobatek MobaXterm Home...

High severity Unreviewed Published Apr 17, 2026 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 17, 2026

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 17, 2026
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 17, 2026
Last updated Apr 17, 2026

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(0th percentile)

Weaknesses

Untrusted Search Path

The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2026-6421

GHSA ID

GHSA-hf75-j846-hmxr

Source code

No known source code

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