VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2025-40913

Net::Dropbear versions through 0.16 for Perl contains a dependency that may be susceptible to an integer overflow.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.27%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Net::Dropbear versions through 0.16 for Perl contains a dependency that may be susceptible to an integer overflow. Net::Dropbear embeds a version of the libtommath library that is susceptible to an integer overflow associated with CVE-2023-36328.

CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS: 0.27% probability · 20th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Source: 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3xv-6967-cv88
https://github.com/libtom/libtommath/pull/546
https://metacpan.org/release/ATRODO/Net-Dropbear-0.16/source/dropbear/libtommath/bn_mp_grow.c
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-36328

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.