CVE-2025-14282Disclosure

LOWCVSS 5.4 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

A flaw was found in Dropbear. When running in multi-user mode and authenticating users, the dropbear ssh server does the socket forwardings requested by the remote client as root, only switching to the logged-in user upon spawning a shell or performing some operations like reading the user's files. With the recent ability of also using unix domain sockets as the forwarding destination any user able to log in via ssh can connect to any unix socket with the root's credentials, bypassing both file system restrictions and any SO_PEERCRED / SO_PASSCRED checks performed by the peer.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-266

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-02-12: 1Technical Details · 2026-02-12: 102-12
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
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Full discourse1 post
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2025-14282 A flaw was found in Dropbear. When running in multi-user mode and authenticating users, the dropbear ssh server does the socket forwardings requested by the remote cl… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14282

    Post summary

    The passage announces a flaw in Dropbear’s multi‑user mode that allows the SSH server to carry out socket forwardings requested by a remote client.

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