Improper privilege management in Dropbear - CVE-2025-14282
Published: December 17, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU120176
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-14282
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management when handling unix stream forwarding. A remote authenticated user can execute arbitrary commands as root.
Affected software
Dropbear
Debian Linux
dropbear (Debian package)
Debian Linux
dropbear (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2025-14282
Install updates from vendor's website.
Dropbear - update to 2025.89
dropbear (Debian package) - update to 2025.89-1~deb13u1
dropbear (Debian package) - update to 2025.89-1~deb13u1