{ "document": { "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "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.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "publisher": { "category": "other", "contact_details": "gdt@cpan.org", "name": "giterlizzi", "namespace": "https://github.com/giterlizzi/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CPANSA-Net-Dropbear-2025-15638 JSON", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-net-dropbear-2025-15638.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/ATRODO/Net-Dropbear-0.14/source/dropbear/libtomcrypt/changes", "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/ATRODO/Net-Dropbear-0.14/source/dropbear/libtomcrypt/changes" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6129", "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6129" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12437", "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12437" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "CVE-2025-15638 (NVD)", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15638" } ], "title": "Net-Dropbear vulnerability", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-04-21T00:00:00", "generator": { "engine": { "name": "CSAF Perl Toolkit", "version": "0.26" } }, "id": "CPANSA-Net-Dropbear-2025-15638", "initial_release_date": "2026-04-21T00:00:00", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-04-21T00:00:00", "number": "1", "summary": "First release" } ], "status": "final", "version": "1" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/<0.14", "product": { "name": "Net-Dropbear less than 0.14", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/Net-Dropbear" } } }, { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/>=0.14", "product": { "name": "Net-Dropbear greater than or equal 0.14", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0002", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/Net-Dropbear" } } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "Net-Dropbear" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2025-15638", "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "Net::Dropbear versions before 0.14 for Perl contains a vulnerable version of libtomcrypt.\n\nNet::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.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "CSAFPID-0002" ], "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] }, "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "baseScore": 10.0, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } ] } ] }