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Extend Online Wycheproof Coverage

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#5,426 opened on Mar 9, 2026

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Description

#5269 introduced some wrappers for Wycheproof test vectors in Python. They currently run in the nightly tests against the latest test vectors published there.

Not all test vectors are currently used and extensions are very welcome.

TODO

This list might not be complete, see also: testvectors_v1

  • AEAD
  • KeyWrap
  • ECDH
  • ECDSA
  • EdDSA
  • HKDF
  • MAC
  • ML-DSA
  • ML-KEM
  • RSA Encryption
  • RSA Signing
  • X25519/448

Apart from extending the scope of tested algorithms, it would be really neat if we could make this CPUID aware so that the test vectors are run against all available accelerator implementations.

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Review existing Wycheproof test wrappers in the repository, implement missing wrappers for KeyWrap, EdDSA, RSA Encryption, RSA Signing, X25519/448, and optionally make tests CPUID aware to run against all available accelerator implementations.
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python
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