A vulnerability was determined in mkj Dropbear up to 2025.89. Impacted is the function unpackneg of the file src/curve25519.c of the component S Range Check. This manipulation causes improper verification of cryptographic signature. The attack can be initiated remotely. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is considered difficult. The actual existence of this vulnerability is currently in question. Patch name: fdec3c90a15447bd538641d85e5a3e3ac981011d. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch. The project maintainer explains: "Signature Malleability is not exploitable in SSH protocol. (...) [A] PoC doesn't exist for SSH implementation, but rather it's against the internal API."
https://vuldb.com/?submit.765933
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.349652
https://github.com/str4d/ed25519-java/issues/82#issue-727629226
https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/pull/407
https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/issues/406
https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/commit/fdec3c90a15447bd538641d85e5a3e3ac981011d
Published: 2026-03-08
Updated: 2026-03-16
Base Score: 2.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Severity: Low
Base Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Severity: Low
Base Score: 6.3
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.00011