Interpretation-Conflict Vulnerability in Node-Forge by Digital Bazaar
CVE-2025-12816

8.6HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Digital Bazaar

Status
Node-forge
Forge
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 November 2025

What is CVE-2025-12816?

A vulnerability in node-forge allows unauthenticated users to manipulate ASN.1 structures, causing schema validation desynchronization. This manipulation could lead to semantic divergences that bypass essential cryptographic verifications and compromise security decisions within the application, exposing it to potential exploitation by malicious actors.

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Affected Version(s)

forge 0 <= 1.3.1

node-forge 0 <= 1.3.1

References

https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-forge
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/pull/1124
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.6
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

This issue was reported by Hunter Wodzenski of Palo Alto Networks
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