CVE-2025-15638 | Net::Dropbear versions before 0.14 for Perl contains a vulne… | CVSS 10.0 CRITICAL

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2025-15638
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Reserved: 2026-04-20 12:20 UTC
Published: 2026-04-21 15:34 UTC
Last updated: 2026-04-21 16:23 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-1395
CWE-1395 Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party Component
Vendor / Product: ATRODO / Net::Dropbear
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

10.0 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
ATRODO	Net::Dropbear	—	0 < 0.14

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-1395	cna	CWE-1395 Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party Component

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
10.0	CRITICAL	3.1	adp	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (3)