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CVE-2025-14282 (GCVE-0-2025-14282)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-12 21:37 – Updated: 2026-02-13 16:20

Title

privilege escalation via unix domain socket forwardings

Summary

A flaw was found in Dropbear. When running in multi-user mode and authenticating users, the dropbear ssh server does the socket forwardings requested by the remote client as root, only switching to the logged-in user upon spawning a shell or performing some operations like reading the user's files. With the recent ability of also using unix domain sockets as the forwarding destination any user able to log in via ssh can connect to any unix socket with the root's credentials, bypassing both file system restrictions and any SO_PEERCRED / SO_PASSCRED checks performed by the peer.

Severity ?

5.4 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-266

Assigner

fedora

References

URL

Tags

	https://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbea…
	https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/pull/391

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Dropbear	Dropbear	Affected: 2024.84 , ≤ 2025.88 (custom)

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FKIE_CVE-2025-14282

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-02-12 22:16 - Updated: 2026-02-13 14:23

Severity ?

5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
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	patrick@puiterwijk.org	https://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2025q4/002390.html
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Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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WID-SEC-W-2025-2866

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2025-12-16 23:00 - Updated: 2025-12-21 23:00

Summary

Dropbear SSH: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Erlangen von Administratorrechten

Notes

Das BSI ist als Anbieter für die eigenen, zur Nutzung bereitgestellten Inhalte nach den allgemeinen Gesetzen verantwortlich. Nutzerinnen und Nutzer sind jedoch dafür verantwortlich, die Verwendung und/oder die Umsetzung der mit den Inhalten bereitgestellten Informationen sorgfältig im Einzelfall zu prüfen.

Produktbeschreibung

Dropbear ist ein kleiner SSH Server und -Client.

Angriff

Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Dropbear SSH ausnutzen, um Administratorrechte zu erlangen.

Betroffene Betriebssysteme

- UNIX

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GHSA-XQCM-JRW9-WQ72

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-13 00:32 – Updated: 2026-02-13 00:32

Details

Severity ?

5.4 (Medium)


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

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-14282"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-266"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-02-12T22:16:03Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "A flaw was found in Dropbear. When running in multi-user mode and authenticating users, the dropbear ssh server does the socket forwardings requested by the remote client as root, only switching to the logged-in user upon spawning a shell or performing some operations like reading the user\u0027s files. With the recent ability of also using unix domain sockets as the forwarding destination any user able to log in via ssh can connect to any unix socket with the root\u0027s credentials, bypassing both file system restrictions and any SO_PEERCRED / SO_PASSCRED checks performed by the peer.",
  "id": "GHSA-xqcm-jrw9-wq72",
  "modified": "2026-02-13T00:32:51Z",
  "published": "2026-02-13T00:32:51Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14282"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/pull/391"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2025q4/002390.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/16/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/17/1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Action not permitted

CVE-2025-14282 (GCVE-0-2025-14282)

FKIE_CVE-2025-14282

WID-SEC-W-2025-2866

GHSA-XQCM-JRW9-WQ72

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