diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ strongswan-4.2.13
 - Fixed a crash in the IKEv2 charon daemon occuring with
   mixed RAM-based and SQL-based virtual IP address pools. 
 
+- Fixed ASN.1 parsing of algorithmIdentifier objects where the
+  parameters field is optional.
+
 - Ported nm plugin to NetworkManager 7.1.