Incomplete Comparison with Missing Factors Affecting libsodium package, versions [,1.0.19)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBSODIUM-14895869
  • published8 Jan 2026
  • disclosed31 Dec 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-69277  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1023  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libsodium to version 1.0.19 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incomplete Comparison with Missing Factors in the crypto_core_ed25519_is_valid_point function when handling certain custom cryptography or untrusted data. An attacker can bypass intended cryptographic group membership checks by supplying specially crafted elliptic curve points.

Note: None of the crypto_sign_* are affected, and keys generated with crypto_sign_keypair and crypto_sign_seed_keypair are unaffected.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1