CVE-2026-118782

Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to 1.4.1, node-forge accepted a PKCS#12 MAC or PKCS#12 password-based encryption iteration count of zero or less. pki.pbe.generatePkcs12Key() then returned a constant key independent of the password and salt, allowing crafted PKCS#12 input processed by forge.pkcs12.pkcs12FromAsn1() to bypass password-based integrity checks. Predictable encryption keys and IVs also affected PKCS#12 PBE using pbeWithSHAAnd3-KeyTripleDES-CBC or pbewithSHAAnd40BitRC2-CBC, including shrouded key bags, encrypted SafeContents, and PKCS#8 ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY input processed independently by forge.pki.decryptPrivateKeyInfo(). PBES2/PBKDF2-encrypted content is unaffected. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.

• CWE-354
• CWE-1284

• https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/d9584aa56824972858366d5187b3d29e46bf3656
• https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.1
• https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-jc66-7q78-782g

Published

Oct 29, 2026

Last Modified

Oct 30, 2026

Status

Awaiting Analysis

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