Debian: Urgent Vulnerability in Dropbear DSA-6086-1 CVE-2025-14282
debian
December 19, 2025
"Turistu" discovered that incorrect permission handling in the Dropbear SSH server could result in privilege escalation
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Summary
The oldstable distribution (bookworm) is not affected.
For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2025.89-1~deb13u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your dropbear packages.
For the detailed security status of dropbear please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/dropbear
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: dropbear
CVE ID: CVE-2025-14282
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