Description
A vulnerability was determined in mkj Dropbear up to 2025.89. Impacted is the function unpackneg of the file src/curve25519.c of the component S Range Check. This manipulation causes improper verification of cryptographic signature. The attack can be initiated remotely. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is considered difficult. The actual existence of this vulnerability is currently in question. Patch name: fdec3c90a15447bd538641d85e5a3e3ac981011d. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch. The project maintainer explains: "Signature Malleability is not exploitable in SSH protocol. (...) [A] PoC doesn't exist for SSH implementation, but rather it's against the internal API."
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/issues/406#issue-3978907798
Permissions Required, VDB Entry vdb-entry
technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.349652
Permissions Required, VDB Entry signature
permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.349652
Various Sources product
https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/issues/406
Permissions Required, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.765933
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
patch
https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/pull/407
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/str4d/ed25519-java/issues/82#issue-727629226
Scores
CVSS v3
3.7
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
5.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-345
CWE-347
Status
published
Products (50)
mkj/Dropbear
2025.0
mkj/Dropbear
2025.1
mkj/Dropbear
2025.10
mkj/Dropbear
2025.11
mkj/Dropbear
2025.12
mkj/Dropbear
2025.13
mkj/Dropbear
2025.14
mkj/Dropbear
2025.15
mkj/Dropbear
2025.16
mkj/Dropbear
2025.17
... and 40 more
Published
Mar 08, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 08, 2026