CVE-2026-125335

low

Description

Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to 1.4.3, ed25519.verify() decodes a public key in crypto_sign_open() without rejecting small-order points or their non-canonical encodings. With S = 0 and a small-order R value, an attacker who can choose the public key can produce signatures that verify for many messages, or all messages with the identity key, without a private key. This can defeat proof-of-possession, attribution, non-repudiation, or deduplication checks that rely on a signature being bound to the message. Keys produced by normal Ed25519 key generation are not small-order, so applications that verify only trusted or internally generated public keys are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.3.

References

https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-6889-vf6x-f3g5

https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.3

https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/pull/1169

https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/1b77e6f20082d7484479303d0252d5f427651295

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-122797

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-11-10

Updated: 2026-11-10

Named Vulnerability: GHSA-6889-vf6x-f3g5

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00203