Detections
Analytics
CVE-2026-119191
high
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.
References
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-rhr8-3pm8-cq29
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.1
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/523c8e74c28457daeff044230dce4a36313c5ab7
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/24035c181f41885ea3ec7279e6c0fcf270b6ec4b