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1Blast Radius
ecosystem impact- 15 pypi packages depend on hdwallet (13 direct, 2 indirect)
- 8,552 pypi packages depend on pynacl (995 direct, 7,604 indirect)
Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 3.6.1 and other introduced versions.
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Alpine Linux: libsodium fixed in 1.0.20-r1
AnalysisAI
libsodium on Alpine Linux has been patched in package version 1.0.20-r1, addressing an unspecified vulnerability reported by the Alpine Linux vendor. The nature of the underlying flaw, affected versions prior to the fix, and potential attacker impact are not described in available intelligence. Given libsodium's role as a widely used cryptographic library, any confirmed vulnerability could affect confidentiality, integrity, or availability of applications depending on it, but no concrete impact has been confirmed from current data.
Technical ContextAI
libsodium is a portable, cross-compilable cryptography library derived from NaCl, providing primitives for encryption, decryption, signatures, password hashing, and key exchange. It is commonly embedded in applications across many language ecosystems. On Alpine Linux, it is distributed as a community or main repository package. The fix is contained in Alpine package version 1.0.20-r1, suggesting the upstream libsodium version involved is 1.0.20 with an Alpine-specific patch revision. No CWE has been assigned, so the root cause class (e.g., memory safety, logic error, cryptographic weakness) is entirely unknown from available data.
Affected ProductsAI
The affected product is libsodium as packaged for Alpine Linux in versions prior to 1.0.20-r1. The exact vulnerable version range is not specified in available data. No CPE string has been provided. The fix is confirmed in Alpine Linux package libsodium 1.0.20-r1 per the Alpine vendor report. Other operating systems or upstream libsodium releases are not referenced and their status is unknown from this data.
RemediationAI
Update the Alpine Linux libsodium package to version 1.0.20-r1 or later using the Alpine package manager: 'apk upgrade libsodium'. This is the vendor-confirmed fixed version per the Alpine Linux report. No workarounds or compensating controls are described in available data. Given the unknown nature of the vulnerability, organizations with libsodium deployed on Alpine Linux should prioritize this update and monitor the Alpine Linux security advisories and the libsodium upstream changelog for additional disclosure. No advisory URL was provided in the source data.
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