Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting open-quantum-safe/liboqs package, versions [,0.13.0)
Threat Intelligence
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- published30 Jun 2025
- disclosed30 May 2025
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Introduced: 30 May 2025
CVE-2025-48946 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade open-quantum-safe/liboqs to version 0.13.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm due to the handling of malformed ciphertexts that share the same implicit rejection value. An attacker can potentially exploit this flaw to affect the integrity of cryptographic operations by manipulating ciphertexts, although no concrete attack is currently known.