{"id":"CVE-2026-118779","published":"2026-10-29T19:17:20.560","lastModified":"2026-10-29T21:17:17.287","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 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.","cvssScore":7.5,"cvssSeverity":"HIGH","cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwes":["CWE-400","CWE-1333"],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/412345db583cd28a9d23636d0d93e9f751b935f3","tags":[]},{"url":"https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.1","tags":[]},{"url":"https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-7wch-p9px-956x","tags":[]},{"url":"https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-7wch-p9px-956x","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[{"url":"https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/412345db583cd28a9d23636d0d93e9f751b935f3","tags":[]},{"url":"https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.1","tags":[]},{"url":"https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-7wch-p9px-956x","tags":[]},{"url":"https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-7wch-p9px-956x","tags":[]}],"hasPoc":true,"ai":null}