Medium severity · published Oct 29, 2026
CVE-2026-118778
Forge: TLS client crash when the server sends no certificate
New
5.9
CVSS
–
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
forge · digitalbazaar
< 1.4.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118778
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118778
github.com
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/7be9fbd40df2e2f15f29fea2846b1c87d58f6888
github.com
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.1
github.com
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-525v-9gp9-w22h
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