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security/libsodium -- crypto_core_ed25519_is_valid_point mishandles checks for whether an elliptic curve point is valid

Affected packages
libsodium < 1.0.21

Details

VuXML ID 583b63f5-ebae-11f0-939f-47e3830276dd
Discovery 2025-12-30
Entry 2026-01-07

Libsodium maintainer reports:

The function crypto_core_ed25519_is_valid_point(), a low-level function used to check if a given elliptic curve point is valid, was supposed to reject points that aren't in the main cryptographic group, but some points were slipping through.

References

CVE Name CVE-2025-69277
URL https://00f.net/2025/12/30/libsodium-vulnerability/