fkie_cve-2025-12816
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-11-25 20:15
Modified
2025-12-30 16:55
Severity ?
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
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.
References
cret@cert.orghttps://github.com/digitalbazaar/forgeProduct
cret@cert.orghttps://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/pull/1124Issue Tracking, Patch
cret@cert.orghttps://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-5gfm-wpxj-wjgqExploit, Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.orghttps://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.orghttps://www.npmjs.com/package/node-forgeProduct
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
digitalbazaar node-forge *


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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:digitalbazaar:node-forge:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "E8278A22-BEFB-4D7C-A60E-8A9D99DF095B",
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    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2025-12816",
  "lastModified": "2025-12-30T16:55:04.187",
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 8.6,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
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