sodiumoxide 0.0.13 and older scalarmult() vulnerable to degenerate public keys
Priority LOW 31CWE-1240Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
sodiumoxide 0.0.13 and older scalarmult() vulnerable to degenerate public keys
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01251 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed sodiumoxide (crates.io): 0.0.14
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | sodiumoxide (crates.io) | before 0.0.14 | 0.0.14 | Patch available | GHSA-2wc6-2rcj-8v76 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- sodiumoxide (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.0.14 Fixed in 0.0.14 Patch available GHSA-2wc6-2rcj-8v76
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:sodiumoxide_project:sodiumoxide:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 0.0.13 | Vulnerable | Sodiumoxide Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:sodiumoxide_project:sodiumoxide:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.0.13 Vulnerable ·Sodiumoxide Project
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-2wc6-2rcj-8v76 sodiumoxide (crates.io) Fixed in 0.0.14 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-1000168
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2wc6-2rcj-8v76
References
More Sodiumoxide Project Sodiumoxide vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-15143 An issue was discovered in the sodiumoxide crate before 0.2.5 for Rust. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2017-1000168 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-1000168 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2wc6-2rcj-8v76 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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