UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118779

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118779

    Published: 29 Oct 2026Last Modified: 5 Nov 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2026-118779

    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 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-118779, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118779, https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/412345db583cd28a9d23636d0d93e9f751b935f3, https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.1, https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-7wch-p9px-956x

    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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