PT-2026-33994 · Cpan+1 · Net::Dropbear+1

Published 2026-04-21 · Updated 2026-04-28 · CVE-2025-15638

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Net::Dropbear versions prior to 0.14

Description Net::Dropbear for Perl contains a vulnerable version of libtomcrypt, specifically including versions of Dropbear 2019.78 or earlier.

Recommendations Update Net::Dropbear to version 0.14 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1395

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-15638

Affected Products

Net::Dropbear

Libtomcrypt

References · 8

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12437 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15638 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6129 · Security Note
• https://metacpan.org/release/ATRODO/Net-Dropbear-0.14/source/dropbear/libtomcrypt/changes · Note
• https://twitter.com/ctiwatchcloud/status/2046921975730262063 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2046620093853933684 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/infoflowcloud/status/2046622162644074559 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/oss_security/status/2048938561626337526 · Twitter Post