VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2025-15638
Net::Dropbear versions before 0.14 for Perl contains a vulnerable version of libtomcrypt.
CRITICAL 10.0EPSS 0.57%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.57%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Net::Dropbear versions before 0.14 for Perl contains a vulnerable version of libtomcrypt. Net::Dropbear versions before 0.14 includes versions of Dropbear 2019.78 or earlier. These include versions of libtomcrypt v1.18.1 or earlier, which is affected by CVE-2016-6129 and CVE-2018-12437.
- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.57% probability · 45th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- atrodo/net\
- Source
- 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
References
- https://metacpan.org/release/ATRODO/Net-Dropbear-0.14/source/dropbear/libtomcrypt/changesRelease Notes
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6129Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12437Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.