Description
dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2025.88 allows command injection via an untrusted hostname argument, because a shell is used.
Published: 2025-05-07
Score: 4.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4169-1 dropbear security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-13914 dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2025.88 allows command injection via an untrusted hostname argument, because a shell is used.
History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.0032}

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{'score': 0.00334}


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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 07 May 2025 17:30:00 +0000

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Description dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2025.88 allows command injection via an untrusted hostname argument, because a shell is used.
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Dropbear Ssh Project Dropbear Ssh
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-17T22:02:35.644Z

Reserved: 2025-05-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-47203

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-17T22:02:35.644Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-05-07T18:15:43.247

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-47203

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-06-23T19:31:58Z

Weaknesses