MobaXterm Pro 25.2

Improvement: the embedded Xorg server has been updated to version 21.1.12
Improvement: the X11 "on-demand" setting from the Customizer cannot be superseded with the "xhost" command anymore
Improvement: the embedded terminal and X server no longer use the Windows UAC virtualization technology
Improvement: the Ed25519 SSH keys in PuTTY format are now properly managed by the command-line SSH client
Improvement: added a new "PingCmd" ini setting under the "Misc" section to modify the ping command available from the session context menu
Improvement: added a minor RSA-SHA2 kex workaround for not-entirely-compliant servers in SFTP sessions
Improvement: improved the embedded X server decompression at MobaXterm startup
Security fix: 521-bit ECDSA keys (ecdsa-sha2-nistp521) are not signed using a deterministic nonce anymore (fixes CVE-2024-31497)



Install + Setup

New feature: added a new "Expert RDP settings" window where you can set advanced settings for your RDP connection
Improvement: moved the RDP CredSSP and RDP gateway settings to the "Expert RDP settings" window
Improvement: you can now specify a different login for the RDP gateway and the session itself
Improvement: you can set the RDP gateway authentication to use a smartcard
Improvement: added the "Restricted Admin" feature to RDP sessions
Improvement: added an option for using the local Windows credentials in "Restricted Admin" mode
Improvement: added the "Remote Credentials Guard" feature to RDP sessions
Improvement: the new "Multi-monitors" setting in RDP sessions allows you to expand the remote desktop to all your local monitors
Improvement: you can now auto-detect RDP bandwidth to adapt the remote graphics level accordingly
Improvement: added an option that allows you to put any tab in fullscreen across all available monitors
Improvement: you can now use a web account to connect to RDP sessions (useful for Azure Virtual Desktop)
Improvement: you can now set the "automatic reconnection" RDP feature
Improvement: you can now tune the graphics settings for each RDP session
Improvement: removed the "High DPI adaptation for legacy servers" feature, and replaced it with the "Zoom" feature in RDP sessions
Improvement: you can force magic cookies for X11 localhost connections by turning on the new "X11MCAuth" experimental setting in the "Misc" section of the INI file
Improvement: better detection of the current monitor when launching the "Find" window from MobaTextEditor
Improvement: added a new right-click option in "MultiExec" mode that allows to synchronize mouse scrolling
Improvement: added a new set of right-click options in "MultiExec" mode that allow to activate or deactivate all terminals
Improvement: you can now have SSH logins composed of a fixed part and a credential in square brackets
Improvement: reset the current path and other environment variables before restarting MobaXterm after changing the terminal type
Improvement: if the SCP browser fails to connect, try to restart it in multiplex mode by using the terminal session channel
Bugfix...



Install + Setup

New feature: added "graphical macros" that can record your mouse and keyboard inputs and replay them later
Improvement: you can now put your macros into folders and organize them using drag-and-drop
Improvement: added IPv6 support to VNC sessions (using the new VNC engine)
Improvement: added a new security setting in the Professional Customizer to disable the "list open network ports" tool
Improvement: added a new security setting in the Professional Customizer to disable the "admin command prompt" tool
Improvement: when the "Disable X11 autostart" security setting is set in the Professional Customizer, the option is disabled in the global settings window
Improvement: when the "Disable X11 remote access" security setting is set in the Professional Customizer, the option is disabled in the global settings window
Improvement: macros that are embedded into sessions are now encrypted by default
Improvement: delayed some checks at startup to improve overall performances
Improvement: improved macro recording by catching more keyboard events than before
Improvement: added a right-click option on tabs that allows to close all inactive tabs
Improvement: focus is sent to the terminal just after running a macro
Improvement: switched the date format in the Bash prompt from "(day)/(month)/(year)" to "(year)-(month)-(day)" by default
Improvement: improved the tooltip shown when the mouse cursor is over the sessions tree
Improvement: added some more debugging information during startup, especially for the Slash folder identification
Improvement: switched local terminal to 64-bit by default for new MobaXterm users
Bugfix: after disabling the "reconnect RDP" feature in the Professional Customizer, a "Reconnect" button was still available in the RDP top bar
Bugfix...



Install + Setup

Improvement: better detection of drag and drop operations in the sessions menu
Improvement: updated the SFTP sessions and the graphical SFTP browser for better compatibility with new algorithms
Improvement: rekeying process has been improved in order to prevent SFTP issues with some SSH servers
Improvement: verify at each startup if we have switched to the "AdmSlash" mode and unpack utilities again if necessary
Improvement: added support for multi-block uploads and downloads in the SFTP browser
Improvement: increased SFTP transfer speed with some specific SSH servers
Improvement: added better detection of text file formats when using SFTP in ASCII mode
Improvement: added support for semi-transparent PNG logos in the Professional Customizer
Improvement: increased MobaXterm startup speed, especially when the company logo file size was very big
Improvement: added a keyboard shortcut for the "Rename tab" function
Improvement: added "Close all tabs to the left" and "Close all tabs to the right" features to the tabs right-click menu
Improvement: added a new "Force X11 local access control" security setting to the Professional Customizer program
Bugfix...



Install + Setup

Improvement: updated the terminal to the latest version of the PuTTY engine
Improvement: updated the terminal character analysis to Unicode 16.0.0.
Improvement: the terminal configuration window is now dark when the MobaXterm theme is set to "Dark Mode"
Improvement: the right-click menu, paste confirmation, event viewer and host key prompt messages now properly handle Windows "Dark Mode"
Improvement: improved IP address lookup for servers when Windows call to "GetHostByName" fails
Improvement: better detection of SFTP failures in SSH-browser to properly trigger SCP protocol switch
Improvement: added some more debugging information to DNS lookup functions
Bugfix: after launching a session with some specific expert terminal options, the same options were applied to default sessions
Bugfix: corrected zero padding when sending SHA2-based RSA signatures
Bugfix: you can now launch a macro containing a backslash in its title from the terminal "Ctrl+Space" shortcut
Bugfix: you can now launch a macro containing a backslash in its title from the sessions macros list
Bugfix: terminal wrap mishandling caused occasional incorrect redraws in curses-based applications

New feature: added a new setting in SSH sessions to use an SSH proxy with netcat/socat command or port forwarding
Improvement: updated the embedded X server to version 21.1.15
Improvement: fixed an error when starting the X server on Windows versions older than Windows Vista
Improvement: updated OpenSSH, OpenSSL, Curl, Git and Rsync in the 32-bit and 64-bit local terminal
Improvement: updated the Cygwin library in the 64-bit local terminal
Improvement: updated man pages and adapted the "man" command to read external man pages
Improvement: removed the "SSH engine new/legacy" setting and always use the new SSH engine instead
Improvement: decreased the CPU consumption of the SSH-browser in SFTP mode
Improvement: allowed password saving for SSH proxy connections
Improvement: added a "proxy" prefix to each log line corresponding to a proxy connection
Improvement: forced the SSH browser type to "SCP" for connections through CyberArk jump hosts
Improvement: updated the packages provided by "MobApt" to their latest version in the 64-bit local terminal
Improvement: switched the terminal banner format to UTF-8, to properly display international characters
Improvement: updated the Customizer program with a new setting to disable the deprecated 32-bit local terminal
Improvement: added a new option in the SSH session expert settings to set an optional certificate to use with the SSH private key
Improvement: added a new option in the SSH session expert settings to set an optional host CA public key
Improvement: when importing PuTTY sessions, the proxy settings are now also imported
Improvement: when importing PuTTY sessions, the certificate to use with the SSH private key and the host CA public key are also imported
Improvement: added a new right-click menu entry in the macros section to create a new empty macro (without recording)
Improvement: prevented VNC sessions from freezing when the remote server was unreachable
Improvement: you can now import PuTTY sessions used for Teleport jump hosts
Bugfix...



Install + Setup

Improvement: increased the maximum number of custom icons from 32 to 64
Improvement: decreased icons decompression speed and improved icons loading at startup
Improvement: updated the terminal to the latest version of the PuTTY engine
Improvement: support for ML-KEM, the NIST-standardised post-quantum key exchange mechanism
Improvement: increased folders comparison speed in "MobaTextDiff" tool
Improvement: added a new "Use Redirection Server Name" setting for RDP sessions
Improvement: you can now select only some specific drives to redirect for RDP sessions
Improvement: improved the loading speed of the Home tab and the overall startup speed
Improvement: better detection of available WSL distributions and available WSL desktop environments
Improvement: adapted the old Crystal icons theme to high DPI monitors
Improvement: added the "New session" button to the home page when MobaXterm is started for the first time
Improvement: when reconnecting an RDP session, if an SSH tunnel is used, the tunnel is also reconnected
Improvement: prioritized the CygUtils plugin over third-party plugins when extracting a shell application
Improvement: removed the "Experimental" flag on several settings that are no longer experimental
Improvement: added a dialog box to warn you if you are switching from Professional to Personal Edition
Improvement: added an option to use a specific password when you export your configuration to a file
Improvement: added a confirmation prompt when you choose to encrypt your configuration file with your master password
Improvement: the "Try to follow SSH path in the browser" setting is now enabled by default in SSH sessions
Improvement: the "Remote monitoring" setting is now enabled by default in the global settings
Bugfix...



Install + Setup