CVE-2026-3706CWE-345CWE-347

mkj Dropbear S Range Check curve25519.c unpackneg signature verification

Medium · published March 8, 2026

CVSS v4.0
6.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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."

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.3 · MEDIUM
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/E:U
EPSS
0.00189 · 8.1th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-345 · Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity; CWE-347 · Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Published
2026-03-08T05:02Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 MAR 05:02Z
    mkj Dropbear S Range Check curve25519.c unpackneg signature verification
    cvelistv5