CVE-2025-15444

CVE-2025-15444: Crypt::Sodium::XS module versions prior to 0.000042, for Perl, include a vulnerable version of libsodium

Vendor Iamb
Product Crypt::Sodium::XS
Weakness CWE-1395
Published January 6, 2026
Last update January 6, 2026

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

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02Disclosure timeline

January 6, 2026 CVE published
January 6, 2026 Record updated