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SCA: security update for node-forge (GHSA-2328-f5f3-gj25)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 439301

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 version 1.4.0, `pki.verifyCertificateChain()` does not enforce RFC 5280 basicConstraints
 requirements when an intermediate certificate lacks both the `basicConstraints` and `keyUsage` extensions.
 This allows any leaf certificate (without these extensions) to act as a CA and sign other certificates,
 which node-forge will accept as valid. Version 1.4.0 patches the issue. (CVE-2026-33896)

Solution

Update the node-forge library and its related packages to version 1.4.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2328-f5f3-gj25

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 439301

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/27/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.64

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-33896

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33896

cwe: CWE-295