| Name | CVE-2025-14282 |
| Description | privilege escalation via unix stream socket forwarding |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1123069 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| dropbear (PTS) | bullseye | 2020.81-3+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2020.81-3+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2022.83-1+deb12u3 | fixed |
| forky, trixie | 2025.88-2 | vulnerable |
| sid | 2025.89-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| dropbear | source | bullseye | (not affected) | | | |
| dropbear | source | bookworm | (not affected) | | | |
| dropbear | source | (unstable) | 2025.89-1 | | | 1123069 |
Notes
[bookworm] - dropbear <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[bullseye] - dropbear <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/pull/391
https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/pull/394
https://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2025q4/002390.html