Medium 5.9Published Oct 29, 2026

CVE-2026-118778Forge: TLS client crash when the server sends no certificate

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 30, 2026, 4:40 AM ET)

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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: 5.9 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Oct 29, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 29, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

digitalbazaar forge digitalbazaar:forge (from the name)	before 1.4.1	CNA record

References

References

https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-525v-9gp9-w22h	x-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/7be9fbd40df2e2f15f29fea2846b1c87d58f6888	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.1	x-refsource-misc

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