CVE-2026-125335: digitalbazaar forge · Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Affects digitalbazaar forgeSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 3.7 Low : 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 | 3.7 |
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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:L/A:NExploitation 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, ed25519.verify() decodes a public key in crypto_sign_open() without rejecting small-order points or their non-canonical encodings. With S = 0 and a small-order R value, an attacker who can choose the public key can produce signatures that verify for many messages, or all messages with the identity key, without a private key. This can defeat proof-of-possession, attribution, non-repudiation, or deduplication checks that rely on a signature being bound to the message. Keys produced by normal Ed25519 key generation are not small-order, so applications that verify only trusted or internally generated public keys are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.3.
References
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-6889-vf6x-f3g5 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/pull/1169 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/1b77e6f20082d7484479303d0252d5f427651295 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.3 (opens in a new tab)