openSUSE 16 Security Update : libsodium (openSUSE-SU-2026:20642-1)

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20642-1 advisory. Security fixes: - CVE-2025-15444: Cryptographic bypass via improper elliptic curve point validation bsc1256070. - CVE-2025-69277: incorrect...

SUSE-SU-2026:21422-1 Security update for libsodium

This update for libsodium fixes the following issues: Security fixes: - CVE-2025-15444: Cryptographic bypass via improper elliptic curve point validation bsc1256070. - CVE-2025-69277: incorrect validation of elliptic curve points certain custom cryptography or untrusted data to...

SUSE-SU-2026:21393-1 Security update for libsodium

This update for libsodium fixes the following issues: Security fixes: - CVE-2025-15444: Cryptographic bypass via improper elliptic curve point validation bsc1256070. - CVE-2025-69277: incorrect validation of elliptic curve points certain custom cryptography or untrusted data to...

Fedora 42 : libsodium (2026-b7217393db)

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-b7217393db advisory. Version 1.0.21 This point release includes all the changes from 1.0.20-stable, which include a security fix for the cryptocoreed25519isvalidpoint function, a...

Fedora 43 : libsodium (2026-cb424f8aa2)

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-cb424f8aa2 advisory. Version 1.0.21 This point release includes all the changes from 1.0.20-stable, which include a security fix for the cryptocoreed25519isvalidpoint function, a...

Avoid The Randomness From The Sky

This is a plea for cryptography specification authors. If your protocol uses randomness, please make it a deterministic function that takes a fixed-size string of random bytes , and publish known-answer tests for it. This whole issue could really be just the paragraph above, but I feel like I nee...

NIST Standardizes Ascon Cryptographic Algorithm for IoT and Other Lightweight Devices

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST has announced that a family of authenticated encryption and hashing algorithms known as Ascon will be standardized for lightweight cryptography applications. "The chosen algorithms are designed to protect information created and...