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CVE-2026-33895: digitalbazaar forge · Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Affects digitalbazaar forgeSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 1.4.0 soon.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 44% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.4.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 27 Mar 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade forge and @digitalbazaar/forge to 1.4.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
digitalbazaarforgeAffected
  • <1.4.0
Fixed in
  • 1.4.0
npm@digitalbazaar/forgepkg:npm/@digitalbazaar/forgeOther threatsAffected
  • <1.4.0
Fixed in
  • 1.4.0

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AI-suggested

A fix is available in forge version 1.4.0. Users and organizations should upgrade to version 1.4.0 or later to remediate this vulnerability. Red Hat has issued advisories and updates addressing this issue in their affected products. Applying these vendor-provided patches is the recommended remediation. No additional mitigations are specified by the vendor advisory.

Description

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to version 1.4.0, Ed25519 signature verification accepts forged non-canonical signatures where the scalar S is not reduced modulo the group order (`S >= L`). A valid signature and its `S + L` variant both verify in forge, while Node.js `crypto.verify` (OpenSSL-backed) rejects the `S + L` variant, as defined by the specification. This class of signature malleability has been exploited in practice to bypass authentication and authorization logic (see CVE-2026-25793, CVE-2022-35961). Applications relying on signature uniqueness (i.e., dedup by signature bytes, replay tracking, signed-object canonicalization checks) may be bypassed. Version 1.4.0 patches the issue.

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