CVE-2026-125333: digitalbazaar forge · ReDoS
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. From 0.1.2 until 1.4.3, forge.http uses _trimString() in lib/http.js to remove trailing whitespace from response header values and cookie names and values with a regular expression that can take quadratic time. A malicious server or on-path attacker can supply a long whitespace run followed by a non-whitespace character in a response header, causing response.readHeader() or response.getCookies() to repeatedly scan the input and block the Node.js event loop or browser tab for minutes. Applications are affected only when they use forge.http with a socket pool to communicate with an untrusted server; forge.http is not loaded by require('node-forge'), 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-6cv4-p8m7-4r25 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/pull/1169 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/326a4d0903ee46358bc849a5c3fd96d9c21489bd (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.3 (opens in a new tab)