Security update for libsodium

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20448-1
Release Date: 2026-02-17T08:34:13Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-15444 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2025-15444 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-69277 ( SUSE ): 4.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-69277 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2025-69277 ( NVD ): 4.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libsodium fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-15444: Fixed cryptographic bypass via improper elliptic curve point validation (bsc#1256070).
  • CVE-2025-69277: Fixed incorrect validation of elliptic curve points in crypto_core_ed25519_is_valid_point function (bsc#1255764).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-585=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • libsodium-debugsource-1.0.18-5.1
    • libsodium23-1.0.18-5.1
    • libsodium23-debuginfo-1.0.18-5.1

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