CVE-2025-47203

Published: May 7, 2025Modified: May 17, 2025

4.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 1.4 / Impact: 2.7

Source: MITRE (Secondary)

Description

dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2025.88 allows command injection via an untrusted hostname argument, because a shell is used.

Related CWEs

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

References (8)

https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/blob/master/CHANGES

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/blob/master/src/cli-main.c

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/09/4

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/6

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/10

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/3

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00020.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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