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CVE-2025-14282

5.4 · MEDIUM

A flaw was found in Dropbear.

Published Feb 12, 2026CWE-266EPSS 0.40%

Overview

CVE-2025-14282 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on February 12, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.4 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.4, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

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.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refaccess.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14282Refbugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2420052GitHubgithub.com/mkj/dropbear/pull/391GitHubgithub.com/mkj/dropbear/pull/394Reflists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2025q4/002390.htmlRefwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/16/4Refwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/17/1

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-14282?

CVE-2025-14282 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on February 12, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.4 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2025-14282?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.4, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-14282?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2025-14282?

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