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openSUSE libasodium Moderate Cryptographic Bypass Fix 2026-0223-1

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Calendar Grey January 22, 2026
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Update resolves one security issue affecting libsodium, addressing a cryptographic bypass vulnerability. Install now.
An update that solves one vulnerability 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).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE cve-2025-15444 cryptographic bypass libaesodium

Patch

## 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 Enterprise Micro 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2026-223=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2026-223=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-223=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-223=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-223=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-223=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-223=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-223=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-223=1

Package List

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libsodium-debugsource-1.0.18-150000.4.11.1

* libsodium23-debuginfo-1.0.18-150000.4.11.1

* libsodium23-1.0.18-150000.4.11.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libsodium-debugsource-1.0.18-150000.4.11.1

* libsodium23-debuginfo-1.0.18-150000.4.11.1

* libsodium23-1.0.18-150000.4.11.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libsodium-debugsource-1.0.18-150000.4.11.1

* libsodium-devel-1.0.18-150000.4.11.1

* libsodium23-1.0.18-150000.4.11.1

* libsodium23-debuginfo-1.0.18-150000.4.11.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* libsodium23-32bit-1.0.18-150000.4.11.1

* libsodium23-32bit-debuginfo-1.0.18-150000.4.11.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libsodium-debugsource-1.0.18-150000.4.11.1

* libsodium23-debuginfo-1.0.18-150000.4.11.1

* libsodium23-1.0.18-150000.4.11.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libsodium-debugsource-1.0.18-150000.4.11.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1256070

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15444.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256070

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0223-1
Release Date: 2026-01-22T12:18:06Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE cve-2025-15444 cryptographic bypass libaesodium

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