CVE-2026-125332: digitalbazaar forge · Improper Input Validation
Affects digitalbazaar forgeSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.9 Medium : upgrade to 1.4.3 when convenient.
Data as of 10 Nov 2026, 19:04 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (GitHub_M) | CVSS 3.1 | 5.9 |
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- Patch
- Available – fixed in 1.4.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 10 Nov 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 10 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade digitalbazaar forge to 1.4.3.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| digitalbazaarforge | Affected
| Fixed in
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Description
Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to 1.4.3, a forge.tls client accepts a ServerHello compression_method that it did not offer. When the client later handles ServerHelloDone, tls.createConnectionState() rejects the unsupported compression algorithm by throwing an Error that propagates from connection.process(). A malicious server or an on-path attacker can alter the unauthenticated ServerHello compression byte before the server Finished message and terminate a Node.js process when the application does not catch the exception. The affected client paths include direct forge.tls use, forge.tls.wrapSocket, and forge.http; forge.tls servers are not affected, and the issue has no confidentiality or integrity impact. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.3.
References
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-w4xr-hqv8-ch44 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/pull/1169 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/1d9816d333c23c523ef2bd8b24282c87db2654ef (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.3 (opens in a new tab)