Description
An interpretation-conflict (CWE-436) vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and earlier enables unauthenticated attackers to craft ASN.1 structures to desynchronize schema validations, yielding a semantic divergence that may bypass downstream cryptographic verifications and security decisions.
Published: 2025-11-25
Score: 8.6 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-5gfm-wpxj-wjgq node-forge has an Interpretation Conflict vulnerability via its ASN.1 Validator Desynchronization
History

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:digitalbazaar:node-forge:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* cpe:2.3:a:digitalbazaar:forge:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Digitalbazaar node-forge

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Digitalbazaar node-forge
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:digitalbazaar:node-forge:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Digitalbazaar node-forge

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-179
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Digitalbazaar
Digitalbazaar forge
Vendors & Products Digitalbazaar
Digitalbazaar forge

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:30:00 +0000

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References

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-436
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 25 Nov 2025 19:45:00 +0000


Tue, 25 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000

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Description An interpretation-conflict (CWE-436) vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and earlier enables unauthenticated attackers to craft ASN.1 structures to desynchronize schema validations, yielding a semantic divergence that may bypass downstream cryptographic verifications and security decisions.
Title CVE-2025-12816
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Digitalbazaar Forge
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-25T21:04:09.432Z

Reserved: 2025-11-06T17:11:38.255Z

Link: CVE-2025-12816

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-25T21:04:09.432Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-11-25T20:15:58.870

Modified: 2026-01-02T19:02:08.980

Link: CVE-2025-12816

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-11-25T19:15:50Z

Links: CVE-2025-12816 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-11-27T09:45:31Z

Weaknesses