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SCA: security update for node-forge (GHSA-4487-j8r4-4g2f)

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 478065

Description

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 pki.verifyCertificateChain(), pki.createCaStore(), duplicate
 subject names to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge modified the CA store while
 trying certificates that shared a subject name during pki.verifyCertificateChain(). A failed chain
 verification could permanently remove trusted CA certificates from the store, causing later valid chains
 to fail and creating a persistent availability impact for applications that reused the store. This issue
 is fixed in version 1.4.1. (CVE-2026-118780)

Solution

Update the node-forge library and its related packages to version 1.4.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4487-j8r4-4g2f

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 478065

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/31/2026

Updated: 10/31/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-118780

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-118780