CVE-2025-47203
MEDIUM
4.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:27 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorDropbear SSHDropbear
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Severity
MEDIUM4.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2025.88 allows command injection via an untrusted hostname argument, because a shell is used.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 2025.88
Affected range stops below 2025.88, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2025.88
Affected range stops below 2025.88, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (8)
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/09/4Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/6Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/1Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/10Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/3Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00020.htmlSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
4.5MEDIUMmitre
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-78
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