7.5
High
CVE-2026-118779 Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript
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 pem.decode(), lib/pem.js, missing END line to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge used polynomial-time regular expressions in pem.decode(), including when searching for a matching END line and parsing encapsulated headers. An unauthenticated attacker able to supply PEM input to any high-level parser could consume excessive CPU with a long malformed message and cause denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| forge 1.4 | earliest → < 1.4.1 | 1.4.1 |
References
- github.com github.com
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