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SUSE libsodium Moderate Security Bypass Issues 2026-0368-1 CVE-2025-15444

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Calendar Grey February 3, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE updates libsodium to fix moderate security issues related to elliptic curve validations. Essential for system security.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## 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: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-368=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-368=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-368=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

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References

* bsc#1255764

* bsc#1256070

Cross-

* CVE-2025-15444

* CVE-2025-69277

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:

* 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

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0368-1
Release Date: 2026-02-03T13:41:03Z
Rating: moderate

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