CVE-2025-69277
What it is
libsodium before ad3004e, 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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 4.5 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-184
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 4.5
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2025-69277.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2025-69277. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/commit/ad3004ec8731730e93fcfbbc824e67eadc1c1bae
- https://github.com/pyca/pynacl/commit/96314884d88d1089ff5f336dba61d7abbcddbbf7
- https://github.com/pyca/pynacl/commit/ecf41f55a3d8f1e10ce89c61c4b4d67f3f4467cf
References
- https://00f.net/2025/12/30/libsodium-vulnerability/
- https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/commit/ad3004ec8731730e93fcfbbc824e67eadc1c1bae
- https://github.com/pyca/pynacl/commit/96314884d88d1089ff5f336dba61d7abbcddbbf7
- https://github.com/pyca/pynacl/commit/ecf41f55a3d8f1e10ce89c61c4b4d67f3f4467cf
- https://github.com/pyca/pynacl/issues/920
- https://ianix.com/pub/ed25519-deployment.html
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46435614
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00004.html