# CVE-2026-30909: Crypt::NaCl::Sodium versions through 2.002 for Perl has potential integer overflows

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-03-08 · Updated: 2026-03-10

## Affected

- Crypt-NaCl-Sodium: through 2.002

## Description

Crypt::NaCl::Sodium versions through 2.002 for Perl has potential integer overflows. bin2hex, encrypt, aes256gcm_encrypt_afternm and seal functions do not check that output size will be less than SIZE_MAX, which could lead to integer wraparound causing an undersized output buffer. Encountering this issue is unlikely as the message length would need to be very large. For bin2hex() the bin_len would have to be > SIZE_MAX / 2 For encrypt() the msg_len would need to be > SIZE_MAX - 16U For aes256gcm_encrypt_afternm() the msg_len would need to be > SIZE_MAX - 16U For seal() the enc_len would need to be > SIZE_MAX - 64U

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Crypt-NaCl-Sodium, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://metacpan.org/release/TIMLEGGE/Crypt-NaCl-Sodium-2.002/source/Sodium.xs#L2116
- https://metacpan.org/release/TIMLEGGE/Crypt-NaCl-Sodium-2.002/source/Sodium.xs#L2310
- https://metacpan.org/release/TIMLEGGE/Crypt-NaCl-Sodium-2.002/source/Sodium.xs#L3304
- https://metacpan.org/release/TIMLEGGE/Crypt-NaCl-Sodium-2.002/source/Sodium.xs#L942
- https://github.com/cpan-authors/crypt-nacl-sodium/pull/24.patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/TIMLEGGE/Crypt-NaCl-Sodium-2.003/source/Changes

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