CVE-2021-36369Improper Authentication in Dropbear

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 65.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 12
Latest updateFeb 25

Description

An issue was discovered in Dropbear through 2020.81. Due to a non-RFC-compliant check of the available authentication methods in the client-side SSH code, it is possible for an SSH server to change the login process in its favor. This attack can bypass additional security measures such as FIDO2 tokens or SSH-Askpass. Thus, it allows an attacker to abuse a forwarded agent for logging on to another server unnoticed.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

debiandebian/dropbear< dropbear 2022.82-1 (bookworm)
Debiandropbear_ssh_project/dropbear_ssh< 2020.81-3+deb11u1+3
Ubuntudropbear_ssh_project/dropbear_ssh< 2020.81-5ubuntu0.1+2

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
Several security issues were fixed in Dropbear2025-02-25
GHSA
GHSA-mwx5-864v-x3jc: An issue was discovered in Dropbear through 20202022-10-13
OSV
CVE-2021-36369: An issue was discovered in Dropbear through 20202022-10-12

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Dropbear vulnerabilities2025-02-25
CISA ICS
Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-3002024-02-15
Debian
CVE-2021-36369: dropbear - An issue was discovered in Dropbear through 2020.81. Due to a non-RFC-compliant ...2021