CVE-2025-15638 (GCVE-0-2025-15638)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-21 15:34 – Updated: 2026-04-21 16:23
VLAI
Title
Net::Dropbear versions before 0.14 for Perl contains a vulnerable version of libtomcrypt
Summary
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.
Severity
10 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-21 16:22 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-1395 - Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party Component
Assigner
CPANSec CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 266 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ATRODO Net::Dropbear Affected: 0 , < 0.14 (custom)
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