FKIE_CVE-2025-12816

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-11-25 20:15 - Updated: 2026-10-18 20:10
Severity
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
An interpretation-conflict (CWE-436) vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and earlier enables unauthenticated attackers to craft ASN.1 structures to desynchronize schema validations, yielding a semantic divergence that may bypass downstream cryptographic verifications and security decisions.
References
cret@cert.orghttps://github.com/digitalbazaar/forgeProduct
cret@cert.orghttps://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/pull/1124Issue Tracking, Patch
cret@cert.orghttps://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-5gfm-wpxj-wjgqExploit, Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.orghttps://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.orghttps://www.npmjs.com/package/node-forgeProduct
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
digitalbazaar forge *
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