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CVE-2025-15444 (GCVE-0-2025-15444)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-06 00:22 – Updated: 2026-01-06 19:01
VLAI?
Title
Crypt::Sodium::XS module versions prior to 0.000042, for Perl, include a vulnerable version of libsodium
Summary
Crypt::Sodium::XS module versions prior to 0.000042, for Perl, include a vulnerable version of libsodium
libsodium <= 1.0.20 or a version of libsodium released before December 30, 2025 contains a vulnerability documented as CVE-2025-69277 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69277 .
The libsodium vulnerability states:
In atypical use cases involving certain custom cryptography or untrusted data to crypto_core_ed25519_is_valid_point, mishandles checks for whether an elliptic curve point is valid because it sometimes allows points that aren't in the main cryptographic group.
0.000042 includes a version of libsodium updated to 1.0.20-stable, released January 3, 2026, which includes a fix for the vulnerability.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-1395 - Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party Component
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAMB | Crypt::Sodium::XS |
Affected:
0 , < 0.000042
(custom)
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