9.8

CVE-2025-15444: iamb crypt::sodium::xs

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalAnalyzed
AliasesSUSE-SU-2026:0194-1SUSE-SU-2026:0223-1SUSE-SU-2026:20242-1
Published 06-01-2026Last modified 06-01-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-15444 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in iamb crypt::sodium::xs. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 5
SUSE-SU-2026:0368-1SUSE-SU-2026:0482-1SUSE-SU-2026:20448-1SUSE-SU-2026:20484-1SUSE-SU-2026:4368-1

Timeline

  1. 06-01-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.27%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse11 products
  • libsodium&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2< 1.0.18-150000.4.11.1
  • libsodium&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3< 1.0.18-150000.4.11.1
  • libsodium&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4< 1.0.18-150000.4.11.1
  • libsodium&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5< 1.0.18-150000.4.11.1
  • libsodium&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7< 1.0.18-150000.4.11.1
Opensuse3 products
  • libsodium&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 1.0.18-150000.4.11.1
  • libsodium&distro=openSUSE Leap 16.0< 1.0.20-160000.3.1
  • libsodium&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.0.21-1.1
Iamb1 product
  • crypt::sodium::xs< 0.000042

3 vendors · 15 products

References

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