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Low · 3.7 CVE-2026-3706 EUVD-2026-10213GHSA-87g2-jprq-4cmc

mkj Dropbear S Range Check curve25519.c unpackneg signature verification

Published Mar 8, 2026 · Updated Apr 22, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

Description

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."

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
mkj Dropbear 2025.0, 2025.1, 2025.2, 2025.3, 2025.4, 2025.5, 2025.6, 2025.7, 2025.8, 2025.9, 2025.10, 2025.11, 2025.12, 2025.13, 2025.14, 2025.15, 2025.16, 2025.17, 2025.18, 2025.19, 2025.20, 2025.21, 2025.22, 2025.23, 2025.24, 2025.25, 2025.26, 2025.27, 2025.28, 2025.29, 2025.30, 2025.31, 2025.32, 2025.33, 202… —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 dropbear 2026.90-1 —
Debian 13 dropbear No fix yet —
Debian 12 dropbear No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 dropbear No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS dropbear No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 dropbear No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS dropbear No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS dropbear No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS dropbear No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS dropbear No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS dropbear No fix yet —

Advisories 1

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