UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15469

Issue summary: The 'openssl dgst' command-line tool silently truncates input data to 16MB when using one-shot signing algorithms and reports success instead of an error. Impact summary: A user signing or verifying files larger than 16MB with one-shot algorithms (such as Ed25519, Ed448, or ML-DSA) may believe the entire file is authenticated while trailing data beyond 16MB remains unauthenticated. When the 'openssl dgst' command is used with algorithms that only support one-shot signing (Ed25519, Ed448, ML-DSA-44, ML-DSA-65, ML-DSA-87), the input is buffered with a 16MB limit. If the input exceeds this limit, the tool silently truncates to the first 16MB and continues without signaling an error, contrary to what the documentation states. This creates an integrity gap where trailing bytes can be modified without detection if both signing and verification are performed using the same affected codepath. The issue affects only the command-line tool behavior. Verifiers that process the full message using library APIs will reject the signature, so the risk primarily affects workflows that both sign and verify with the affected 'openssl dgst' command. Streaming digest algorithms for 'openssl dgst' and library users are unaffected. The FIPS modules in 3.5 and 3.6 are not affected by this issue, as the command-line tools are outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary. OpenSSL 3.5 and 3.6 are vulnerable to this issue. OpenSSL 3.4, 3.3, 3.0, 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are not affected by this issue.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / nodejs

Package

Name: nodejs
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/nodejs@4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.2+esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.10.25~dfsg2-2ubuntu1

4.*

4.2.2~dfsg-1

4.2.3~dfsg-1

4.2.4~dfsg-1ubuntu1

4.2.4~dfsg-2

4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu1

4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4

4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.1

4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.2

4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.2+esm1

4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.2+esm2

4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.2+esm3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "priority_reason": "OpenSSL developers have rated this issue to be low severity",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.2+esm3",
            "binary_name": "nodejs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.2+esm3",
            "binary_name": "nodejs-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.2+esm3",
            "binary_name": "nodejs-legacy"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15469.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / nodejs

Package

Name: nodejs
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/nodejs@8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4+esm6?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.11.4~dfsg-1ubuntu1

6.11.4~dfsg-1ubuntu2

6.12.0~dfsg-1ubuntu1

6.12.0~dfsg-2ubuntu1

6.12.0~dfsg-2ubuntu2

8.*

8.10.0~dfsg-2

8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.2

8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.3

8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4

8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4+esm1

8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4+esm2

8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4+esm3

8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4+esm4

8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4+esm5

8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4+esm6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "priority_reason": "OpenSSL developers have rated this issue to be low severity",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4+esm6",
            "binary_name": "nodejs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4+esm6",
            "binary_name": "nodejs-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15469.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS / nodejs

Package

Name: nodejs
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/nodejs@12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/jammy

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

12.*

12.22.5~dfsg-5ubuntu1

12.22.7~dfsg-2ubuntu1

12.22.7~dfsg-2ubuntu3

12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu2

12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3

12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1

12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2

12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.3

12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4

12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.5

12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6

12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6+esm2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "priority_reason": "OpenSSL developers have rated this issue to be low severity",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libnode-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libnode72"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6+esm2",
            "binary_name": "nodejs"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15469.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / openssl

Package

Name: openssl
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/openssl@3.5.3-1ubuntu3?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.5.3-1ubuntu3

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.1-1ubuntu3

3.5.0-2ubuntu1

3.5.2-1ubuntu1

3.5.3-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "priority_reason": "OpenSSL developers have rated this issue to be low severity",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.3-1ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "libssl-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.3-1ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "libssl3t64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.3-1ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "openssl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.3-1ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "openssl-provider-legacy"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15469.json"