UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118778

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118778

    Published: 29 Oct 2026Last Modified: 5 Nov 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2026-118778

    Summary:

    Details: Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to 1.4.1, the affected implementation used forge.tls.createConnection(), c.session.serverCertificate, RSA key exchange to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge's TLS client checked the wrong property when deciding whether a server certificate was missing. A malicious TLS server or on-path peer could omit the Certificate message and reach code that dereferenced the absent certificate, causing an uncaught exception and terminating the connection or process. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-118778, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118778, https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/7be9fbd40df2e2f15f29fea2846b1c87d58f6888, https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.1, https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-525v-9gp9-w22h

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: node-node-forge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-node-forge?arch=source&distro=focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.8.5~dfsg-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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