CVE-2019-7690
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.2% (pctl 88)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.21% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-255 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-05-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mobatek | mobaxterm |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD