Incomplete Blacklist Affecting libsodium package, versions <1.0.19-r1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE320-LIBSODIUM-14831971
  • published1 Jan 2026
  • disclosed31 Dec 2025

Introduced: 31 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-69277  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-184  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 libsodium to version 1.0.19-r1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsodium package and not the libsodium package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1