CVE-2025-8556: Github.com/cloudflare/circl: circl-fourq: missing and wrong validation can lead to incorrect results
Redhat · circl
Vendor fix available · Affected: Redhat circl · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 47% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
A flaw was found in CIRCL's implementation of the FourQ elliptic curve. This vulnerability allows an attacker to compromise session security via low-order point injection and incorrect point validation during Diffie-Hellman key exchange.
Affected products20
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- circlbefore 1.6.1
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Redhat
- Published
- August 2025
CoverageNo articles yet
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References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-1287cwe.mitre.org
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8556access.redhat.com
- Issue trackerbugzilla.redhat.com
- github.com/cloudflare/circlgithub.com
- github.com/cloudflare/circl/security/advisories/GHSA-2x5j-vhc8-9github.com
- github.com/cloudflare/circl/tree/v1.6.1github.com
- botanica.software/blog/cryptographic-issues-in-cloudflares-circlbotanica.software
- news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45669593news.ycombinator.com