CVE-2025-12888

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  "id": "CVE-2025-12888",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2025-11-21T23:15:44.970",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T13:10:00.110",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Vulnerability in X25519 constant-time cryptographic implementations due to timing side channels introduced by compiler optimizations and CPU architecture limitations, specifically with the Xtensa-based ESP32 chips. If targeting Xtensa it is recommended to use the low memory implementations of X25519, which is now turned on as the default for Xtensa."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Vulnerabilidad en implementaciones criptográficas de tiempo constante de X25519 debido a canales laterales de temporización introducidos por optimizaciones del compilador y limitaciones de la arquitectura de la CPU, específicamente con los chips ESP32 basados en Xtensa. Si se apunta a Xtensa, se recomienda usar las implementaciones de X25519 de baja memoria, que ahora están activadas como predeterminadas para Xtensa."
    }
  ],
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    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
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          "vendor": "wolfSSL",
          "product": "wolfSSL",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
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    }
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  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/9275",
      "source": "[email protected]",
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        "Broken Link"
      ]
    }
  ]
}