| Name | CVE-2025-47203 |
| Description | dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2025.88 allows command injection via an untrusted hostname argument, because a shell is used. |
| 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) |
| References | DLA-4169-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| dropbear (PTS) | bullseye | 2020.81-3+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 2020.81-3+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2022.83-1+deb12u3 | fixed |
| forky, sid, trixie | 2025.88-2 | 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 | 2020.81-3+deb11u3 | | DLA-4169-1 | |
| dropbear | source | bookworm | 2022.83-1+deb12u3 | | | |
| dropbear | source | (unstable) | 2025.88-1 | | | |
Notes
Fixed by: https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/commit/e5a0ef27c227f7ae69d9a9fec98a056494409b9b (DROPBEAR_2025.88)