UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118780
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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 pki.verifyCertificateChain(), pki.createCaStore(), duplicate subject names to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge modified the CA store while trying certificates that shared a subject name during pki.verifyCertificateChain(). A failed chain verification could permanently remove trusted CA certificates from the store, causing later valid chains to fail and creating a persistent availability impact for applications that reused the store. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-118780, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118780, https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/f6555609bd30f442fbfacd543155928ceccf98d0, https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.1, https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-4487-j8r4-4g2f
Affected packages
Package
Name: node-node-forge
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-node-forge?arch=source&distro=focal
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
