CVE-2025-15638

Net::Dropbear versions before 0.14 for Perl contains a vulnerable version of libtomcrypt

State: Published
Severity: 10.0 Critical
Published: Apr 21, 2026
Updated: Apr 21, 2026
Reserved: Apr 20, 2026

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	10.0 Critical	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-1395 Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party Component

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Net::DropbearATRODO	before 0.14Affected

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6129vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12437vendor-advisory
https://metacpan.org/release/ATRODO/Net-Dropbear-0.14/source/dropbear/libtomcrypt/changesrelease-notes

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