[ CVE-2026-118774 · Published 29 Oct 2026 ]

Vulnerability in digitalbazaar forge

CVSS 5.3 EPSS <1%Fix available

[ Description ]Official description

Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to 1.4.1, the affected implementation used certificate.verify(child), _verifySignature(), lib/x509.js to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge selected RSA padding and RSASSA-PSS parameters from the issuer certificate rather than the child certificate being verified. A child labeled as RSASSA-PSS could therefore be accepted with a PKCS#1 v1.5 signature when the issuer used PKCS#1 v1.5. The signature still had to be produced with the trusted issuer's private key, so this did not permit certificate identity forgery, but it could bypass policies that require a declared signature scheme. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

Patch on github.comVendor patch or bulletin · NVD · Reference tagged 'Patch' by NVD

[ References ]References

github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/c7f42614d5166a77ddf11ce174b2601b14f6956bPatch
github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.1Release Notes
github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-9wg5-mj3p-v49qExploitMitigationVendor Advisory