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 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.
Published: 2026-10-29
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Digitalbazaar
Digitalbazaar forge
Vendors & Products Digitalbazaar
Digitalbazaar forge

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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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 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.
Title Forge: ASN.1 resource exhaustion via BIT STRING decoding in asn1.fromDer
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-674
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Digitalbazaar Forge
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-29T19:26:29.815Z

Reserved: 2026-10-29T16:04:48.728Z

Link: CVE-2026-119191

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-29T20:17:30.197

Modified: 2026-10-29T20:17:30.197

Link: CVE-2026-119191

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-29T20:30:18Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-400

    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

  • CWE-674

    Uncontrolled Recursion