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CVE-2025-15444

CVE-2025-15444 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

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 0.27% · 18.8th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.27%
18.8th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
iambcrypt\\, *
IAMBCrypt::Sodium::XS0, 0

Timeline

  • Jan 6, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Jan 6, 2026 CVE Published
  • Jan 6, 2026 PoC Published
  • Jan 7, 2026 PoC Published
  • Jan 9, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Jan 13, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Jan 16, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Jan 20, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Jan 23, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Jan 27, 2026 EPSS Score
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