TI-2019-05419 Aliases CVE-2019-7690 GHSA-7w57-wp3w-8gq9

In MobaTek MobaXterm Personal Edition v11.1 Build 3860, the SSH private key and its…

MEDIUM 48CWE-255Published 2019-05-13 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

In MobaTek MobaXterm Personal Edition v11.1 Build 3860, the SSH private key and its password can be retrieved from process memory for the lifetime of the process, even after the user disconnects from the remote SSH server. This affects Passwordless Authentication that has a Password Protected SSH Private Key.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03214 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:mobatek:mobaxterm:11.1:3860:::personal:::*	11.1 3860	Vulnerable	Mobatek

cpe:2.3:a:mobatek:mobaxterm:11.1:3860:*:*:personal:*:*:* Versions 11.1 3860 Vulnerable ·Mobatek

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-7690
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7w57-wp3w-8gq9

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/yogeshshe1ke/CVE/blob/master/2019-7690/mobaxterm_exploit.py

TI-2022-17979 An access control issue in MobaXterm before v22.1 allows attackers to make connections to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2022-17980 When aborting a SFTP connection, MobaXterm before v22.1 sends a hardcoded password to the… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2017-11289 The TELNET service in Mobatek MobaXterm 10.4 does not require authentication, which… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2019-12274 In MobaXterm 11.1 and 12.1, the protocol handler is vulnerable to command injection. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2019-10117 In MobaXterm 11.1, the mobaxterm: URI handler has an argument injection vulnerability… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2015-06016 The default configuration of the server in MobaXterm before 8.3 has a disabled Access… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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