CVE-2026-118779
Forge: Regular expression denial of service in PEM decoding (pem.decode)
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to 1.4.1, the affected implementation used pem.decode(), lib/pem.js, missing END line to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge used polynomial-time regular expressions in pem.decode(), including when searching for a matching END line and parsing encapsulated headers. An unauthenticated attacker able to supply PEM input to any high-level parser could consume excessive CPU with a long malformed message and cause denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.
| CWE | CWE-400 CWE-1333 |
| Vendor | digitalbazaar |
| Product | forge |
| Published | Oct 29, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Oct 29, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Affected Versions
digitalbazaar / forge
< 1.4.1