CVE-2026-119191
highForge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript.
Vendor / product: Digitalbazaar — forge
Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to 1.4.1, the affected implementation used asn1.fromDer(), BIT STRING decoding, maxDepth to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge decoded ASN.1 stored inside BIT STRING values without consistently applying the configured maxDepth limit and recursively retained copies at each nesting level. Crafted DER containing nested BIT STRINGs could cause excessive recursion, CPU use, and quadratic memory consumption during asn1.fromDer(). This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/24035c181f41885ea3ec7279e6c0fcf270b6ec4b security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/523c8e74c28457daeff044230dce4a36313c5ab7 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.1 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-rhr8-3pm8-cq29 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-rhr8-3pm8-cq29 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0