High 8.6Published Nov 25, 2025

CVE-2025-12816CVE-2025-12816

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 10:40 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 8.6 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-436
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: certcc
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Nov 25, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Digital Bazaar node-forge digital_bazaar:node_forge (from the name)	through 1.3.1	CNA record
Digital Bazaar forge digital_bazaar:forge (from the name)	through 1.3.1	CNA record
digitalbazaar forge digitalbazaar:forge	through 1.3.1	NVD

References

References

https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-forge	product
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/pull/1124	issue-tracking, patch
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge	product
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113	third-party-advisory
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-5gfm-wpxj-wjgq	third-party-advisory, exploit, vendor-advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113	third-party-advisory

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