CVE-2025-15444
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.
EPSS 0.03% · 9.7th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| iamb | crypt\ | \ |
| IAMB | Crypt::Sodium::XS | 0 |
Timeline
- Jan 3, 2026 CVE ID Reserved
- Jan 6, 2026 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2026 CVE Published
- Jan 6, 2026 CVE Updated
- Jan 7, 2026 PoC Published
- Jan 9, 2026 EPSS Score
- Jan 12, 2026 EPSS Score
- Jan 16, 2026 EPSS Score
- Jan 19, 2026 EPSS Score
- Jan 22, 2026 EPSS Score
- Jan 25, 2026 EPSS Score
- Jan 28, 2026 EPSS Score
References
- https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/commit/ad3004ec8731730e93fcfbbc824e67eadc1c1bae url
- https://00f.net/2025/12/30/libsodium-vulnerability/ url
- https://metacpan.org/dist/Crypt-Sodium-XS/changes url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15444 advisory
- https://00f.net/2025/12/30/libsodium-vulnerability url