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CVE-2025-47203

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Date: May 6, 2025

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

Severity Score

4.5

Related Resources (11)

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-47203

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

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

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

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47203

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

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

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

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

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

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2025-47203

Severity Score

4.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

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

CWE-78

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version https://github.com/mkj/dropbear.git - DROPBEAR_2025.88

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	CHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

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