MobaXterm Personal Edition (Portable) 26.4 GA extracts the CygUtils64.plugin file without first verifying its integrity. A local attacker with write permissions on this file can replace the ‘bin/cygwin1.dll’ library contained within it with a malicious library. When the victim opens a Local Shell session or uses a Cygwin-based function, the application extracts the component and loads the tampered library, executing code with the victim’s permissions. Exploitation requires write access to the plugin and does not, in itself, involve privilege escalation.

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Solution

Update MobaXterm to version 26.5, released on 11 September 2026, or to a later version.


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History

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:45:00 +0000

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Description MobaXterm Personal Edition (Portable) 26.4 GA extracts the CygUtils64.plugin file without first verifying its integrity. A local attacker with write permissions on this file can replace the ‘bin/cygwin1.dll’ library contained within it with a malicious library. When the victim opens a Local Shell session or uses a Cygwin-based function, the application extracts the component and loads the tampered library, executing code with the victim’s permissions. Exploitation requires write access to the plugin and does not, in itself, involve privilege escalation.
Title Lack of integrity checks in Mobatek’s MobaXterm
First Time appeared Mobatek
Mobatek mobaxterm
Weaknesses CWE-345
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mobatek:mobaxterm:26.4_ga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mobatek
Mobatek mobaxterm
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: INCIBE

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-19T08:19:20.794Z

Reserved: 2026-10-19T07:34:11.465Z

Link: CVE-2026-112161

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