๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-3706

LOW 3.7

mkj Dropbear S Range Check curve25519.c unpackneg signature verification

CVSS Score
3.7
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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."

CWE CWE-347 CWE-345
Vendor mkj
Product dropbear
Published Mar 8, 2026
Last Updated Mar 16, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

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 2025.34 2025.35 2025.36 2025.37 2025.38 2025.39 2025.40 2025.41 2025.42 2025.43 2025.44 2025.45 2025.46 2025.47 2025.48 2025.49 2025.50 2025.51 2025.52 2025.53 2025.54 2025.55 2025.56 2025.57 2025.58 2025.59 2025.60 2025.61 2025.62 2025.63 2025.64 2025.65 2025.66 2025.67 2025.68 2025.69 2025.70 2025.71 2025.72 2025.73 2025.74 2025.75 2025.76 2025.77 2025.78 2025.79 2025.80 2025.81 2025.82 2025.83 2025.84 2025.85 2025.86 2025.87 2025.88 2025.89

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
vuldb.com: https://vuldb.com/?id.349652 vuldb.com: https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.349652 vuldb.com: https://vuldb.com/?submit.765933 github.com: https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/issues/406 github.com: https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/pull/407 github.com: https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/commit/fdec3c90a15447bd538641d85e5a3e3ac981011d github.com: https://github.com/str4d/ed25519-java/issues/82#issue-727629226 github.com: https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/

Credits

๐Ÿ” pythok (VulDB User)