Medium severity · published May 7, 2025
CVE-2025-47203
dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2025.88 allows command injection via an untrusted hostname argument, because a shell is used
4.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2025.88 allows command injection via an untrusted hostname argument, because a shell is used.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DS
Dropbear SSH · Dropbear SSH Project
before 2025.88 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47203
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-47203
github.com
https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/blob/master/CHANGES
github.com
https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/blob/master/src/cli-main.c
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/09/4
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/6
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/1
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/10
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