Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to 1.4.1, the affected implementation used forge.tls.createConnection(), c.session.serverCertificate, RSA key exchange to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge's TLS client checked the wrong property when deciding whether a server certificate was missing. A malicious TLS server or on-path peer could omit the Certificate message and reach code that dereferenced the absent certificate, causing an uncaught exception and terminating the connection or process. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior
    to 1.4.1, the affected implementation used forge.tls.createConnection(), c.session.serverCertificate, RSA
    key exchange to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge's TLS client checked the wrong
    property when deciding whether a server certificate was missing. A malicious TLS server or on-path peer
    could omit the Certificate message and reach code that dereferenced the absent certificate, causing an
    uncaught exception and terminating the connection or process. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.
    (CVE-2026-118778)

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior     to 1.4.1, the affected implementation used forge.tls.createConnection(), c.session.serverCertificate, RSA     key exchange to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge's TLS client checked the wrong     property when deciding whether a server certificate was missing. A malicious TLS server or on-path peer     could omit the Certificate message and reach code that dereferenced the absent certificate, causing an     uncaught exception and terminating the connection or process. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.
    (CVE-2026-118778)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
478134	Chainguard: kubeflow-centraldashboard: security update to 2.0.0-r8	Tenable Cloud Security	Chainguard Local Security Checks	Local	medium
478134	Chainguard: kubeflow-centraldashboard: security update to 2.0.0-r8	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Chainguard Local Security Checks	Local	medium
478063	SCA: security update for node-forge (GHSA-525v-9gp9-w22h)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
478063	SCA: security update for node-forge (GHSA-525v-9gp9-w22h)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
374489	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-118778	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

Detections

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CVE-2026-118778

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Tenable Plugins

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