{"id":"CVE-2019-12953","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-12953","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:21:55.625Z","title":"Dropbear 2011.54 through 2018.76 has an inconsistent failure delay that may lead to revealing valid usernames, a different issue than CVE-2018-15599.","description":"Dropbear 2011.54 through 2018.76 has an inconsistent failure delay that may lead to revealing valid usernames, a different issue than CVE-2018-15599.","published":"2020-12-30T20:15:15.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:15:47.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-203"],"affected":["dropbear ssh project/dropbear ssh"],"epss":{"score":0.01242,"percentile":0.69048,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12953","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}