CVE-2025-14282

MEDIUMNVD 5.45.4—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-02-13. NVD baseline CVSS 5.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.4Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
5.4
EG Score
5.4(medium)
EG Risk
24(Track)
EG Risk 24/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity54% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
31%
KEV
Not listed

Published

February 12, 2026

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Aug 9, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat, github_pr.
generic

oss-security - Re: [CVE-2025-14282] dropbear: privilege escalation via unix domain socket forwardings

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/17/1
generic

oss-security - [CVE-2025-14282] dropbear: privilege escalation via unix domain socket forwardings

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/16/4
generic

Dropbear 2025.89 and security fix

https://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2025q4/002390.html
github_pr Patch Available

Restore seteuid for authorized_keys

Patch available: mkj/dropbear DROPBEAR_2025.89 (PR #394 merged 2025-12-12)

https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/pull/394
github_pr Patch Available

Drop privileges after user authentication

Patch available: mkj/dropbear DROPBEAR_2025.89 (PR #391 merged 2025-12-09)

https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/pull/391
redhat

2420052 – (CVE-2025-14282) CVE-2025-14282 dropbear: privilege escalation via unix domain socket forwardings

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2420052
redhat Patch Available

CVE-2025-14282 - Red Hat Customer Portal

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or OpenShift Container Platform 4, is affected by this vulnerability and a fix may be released to a

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14282

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
dropbear—2025.89-r0—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
dropbear2025.88-22025.89-1~deb13u1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
dropbear2025.88-2, 2025.89-1~deb13u12025.89-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-14282?
CVE-2025-14282 is a medium vulnerability published on February 12, 2026. 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.…
When was CVE-2025-14282 disclosed?
CVE-2025-14282 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 12, 2026, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-14282 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-14282 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 69.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-14282?
CVE-2025-14282 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.4 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-14282?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-14282, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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