CVE-2022-24771

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    CVE-2022-24771

    Published: 18 Mar 2022Last Modified: 21 Oct 2026

    Summary: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in node-forge

    Details: Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to version 1.3.0, RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification code is lenient in checking the digest algorithm structure. This can allow a crafted structure that steals padding bytes and uses unchecked portion of the PKCS#1 encoded message to forge a signature when a low public exponent is being used. The issue has been addressed in `node-forge` version 1.3.0. There are currently no known workarounds.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/24xxx/CVE-2022-24771.json, https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-cfm4-qjh2-4765, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24771, https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/3f0b49a0573ef1bb7af7f5673c0cfebf00424df1

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6c5b90133d46af63d139b98bf65371732c8c7dad

    Affected versions

    v1.2.1
    v1.2.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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