UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119191

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119191

    Published: 29 Oct 2026Last Modified: 5 Nov 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2026-119191

    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 asn1.fromDer(), BIT STRING decoding, maxDepth to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge decoded ASN.1 stored inside BIT STRING values without consistently applying the configured maxDepth limit and recursively retained copies at each nesting level. Crafted DER containing nested BIT STRINGs could cause excessive recursion, CPU use, and quadratic memory consumption during asn1.fromDer(). This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-119191, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-119191, https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/24035c181f41885ea3ec7279e6c0fcf270b6ec4b, https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/523c8e74c28457daeff044230dce4a36313c5ab7, https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.1, https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-rhr8-3pm8-cq29

    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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