Description
Net::Dropbear versions before 0.14 for Perl contains a vulnerable version of libtomcrypt. Net::Dropbear versions before 0.14 includes versions of Dropbear 2019.78 or earlier. These include versions of libtomcrypt v1.18.1 or earlier, which is affected by CVE-2016-6129 and CVE-2018-12437.
Affected products
atrodo: net\
References3
- metacpan.org/release/ATRODO/Net-Dropbear-0.14/source/dropbear/l… Release Notes
- www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6129 Third Party Advisory
- www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12437 Third Party Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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10.0
CRITICAL
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 48 · as of 13 November 2026
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