CPANSA-Net-Dropbear-2025-15638: Net-Dropbear vulnerability
| Publisher | giterlizzi | Document category | csaf_security_advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial release date | 2026-04-21T00:00:00 | Engine | CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26 |
| Current release date | 2026-04-21T00:00:00 | Build Date | |
| Current version | 1 | Status | final |
| CVSS v3.1 Base Score | 10 | Severity | |
| Original language | Language | en | |
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Vulnerability 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.
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-15638
Vulnerability DescriptionNet::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.
Product status
Known affected
| Product | Score | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net-Dropbear less than 0.14 |
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Fixed
- Net-Dropbear greater than or equal 0.14
giterlizzi
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gdt@cpan.org
References
- CPANSA-Net-Dropbear-2025-15638 JSON self
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-net-dropbear-2025-15638.json - https://metacpan.org/release/ATRODO/Net-Dropbear-0.14/source/dropbear/libtomcrypt/changes external
https://metacpan.org/release/ATRODO/Net-Dropbear-0.14/source/dropbear/libtomcrypt/changes - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6129 external
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6129 - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12437 external
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12437 - CVE-2025-15638 (NVD) external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15638
Revision history
| Version | Date of the revision | Summary of the revision |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 2026 | First release |
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