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.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/ | dropbear | unaffected |
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| Source | ID | Title |
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 Debian DSA |
DSA-6086-1 | dropbear security update |
Solution
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Workaround
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:00:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | 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. |
| Title | privilege escalation via unix domain socket forwardings | Dropbear: privilege escalation via unix domain socket forwardings |
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Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:15:00 +0000
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Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:30:00 +0000
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Thu, 12 Feb 2026 22:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | privilege escalation via unix domain socket forwardings | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-266 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: fedora
Published:
Updated: 2026-02-18T20:45:49.221Z
Reserved: 2025-12-08T17:48:22.565Z
Link: CVE-2025-14282
Vulnrichment
Updated: 2026-02-12T22:10:33.107Z
NVD
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-02-12T22:16:03.373
Modified: 2026-02-18T21:16:20.770
Link: CVE-2025-14282
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