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 pki.verifyCertificateChain(), pki.createCaStore(), duplicate subject names to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge modified the CA store while trying certificates that shared a subject name during pki.verifyCertificateChain(). A failed chain verification could permanently remove trusted CA certificates from the store, causing later valid chains to fail and creating a persistent availability impact for applications that reused the store. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.
Published: 2026-10-29
Score: 3.7 Low
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 19:00:00 +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 pki.verifyCertificateChain(), pki.createCaStore(), duplicate subject names to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge modified the CA store while trying certificates that shared a subject name during pki.verifyCertificateChain(). A failed chain verification could permanently remove trusted CA certificates from the store, causing later valid chains to fail and creating a persistent availability impact for applications that reused the store. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.
Title Forge: verifyCertificateChain() removes trusted CA certificates with the same subject from the CA store
Weaknesses CWE-295
CWE-471
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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Digitalbazaar Forge
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-29T18:47:35.961Z

Reserved: 2026-10-28T19:20:05.018Z

Link: CVE-2026-118780

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-29T19:17:20.703

Modified: 2026-10-29T19:17:20.703

Link: CVE-2026-118780

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-29T21:15:15Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-295

    Improper Certificate Validation

  • CWE-471

    Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID)