CVE-2025-15638

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 v3 10.0 CRITICAL

10.0^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://metacpan.org/release/ATRODO/Net-Dropbear-0.14/source/dropbear/libtomcrypt/changes	Release Notes
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6129	Third Party Advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12437	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:atrodo:net\:\:dropbear:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-04-21 16:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 08:38

NVD link : CVE-2025-15638

Mitre link : CVE-2025-15638

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-15638

JSON object : View

Products Affected

atrodo

net\

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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