Vulnerability · Published Apr 21, 2026 · Assigned by CPANSec
CVE-2025-15638Net::Dropbear versions before 0.14 for Perl contains a vulnerable version of libtomcrypt
Critical 10.0
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in Net::Dropbear from ATRODO. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)10.0Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ATRODO | Net::Dropbear | 0 – before 0.14 |
Weakness: CWE-1395 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6129 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12437 vendor-advisory
- https://metacpan.org/release/ATRODO/Net-Dropbear-0.14/source/dropbear/libtomcrypt/changes release-notes