CVE-2026-119191: digitalbazaar forge · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Affects digitalbazaar forgeSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 1.4.1 soon.
Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 20:00 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (GitHub_M) | CVSS 3.1 | 7.5 |
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- Patch
- Available – fixed in 1.4.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 29 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade forge and digitalbazaar/forge to 1.4.1.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| digitalbazaarforge | Affected
| Fixed in
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npmdigitalbazaar/forgepkg:npm/digitalbazaar/forgeOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
Upgrade to digitalbazaar forge version 1.4.1 or later, where the vulnerability is fixed by properly enforcing the maxDepth limit during ASN.1 BIT STRING decoding. No other mitigation is required.
Description
A vulnerability in digitalbazaar forge (node-forge) prior to version 1.4.1 allows crafted DER input with nested BIT STRINGs to cause excessive recursion and resource consumption during ASN.1 decoding. This leads to high CPU usage and quadratic memory consumption, potentially resulting in denial of service. The issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.
References
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-rhr8-3pm8-cq29 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/24035c181f41885ea3ec7279e6c0fcf270b6ec4b (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/523c8e74c28457daeff044230dce4a36313c5ab7 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.1 (opens in a new tab)