Vulnerability · Published Oct 29, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-119188Forge: Denial of service in TLS record processing via a record interleaved with a fragmented handshake message
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity null pointer dereference in forge from digitalbazaar. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
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(), fragmented handshake message, interleaved record to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge continued processing after a TLS record of another content type interrupted a fragmented handshake message. A remote peer could trigger an uncaught TypeError in process(), causing the connection or hosting process to fail. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | node-node-forge | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119188 |
| npm | node-forge | 1.4.1 | GHSA-8hrf-8g6f-7xwp |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| digitalbazaar | forge | < 1.4.1 |
Weakness: CWE-248, CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H