CVE-2025-15638

CVE-2025-15638: Net::Dropbear versions before 0.14 for Perl contains a vulnerable version of libtomcrypt

Vendor Atrodo

Product Net::Dropbear

Weakness CWE-1395

Published April 21, 2026

Last update April 21, 2026

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 21, 2026 CVE published

April 21, 2026 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15638 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1395.html