Vulnerability · Published Mar 18, 2022 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2022-24771Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in node-forge
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw 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 0.8% (higher than 56% 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 version 1.3.0, RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification code is lenient in checking the digest algorithm structure. This can allow a crafted structure that steals padding bytes and uses unchecked portion of the PKCS#1 encoded message to forge a signature when a low public exponent is being used. The issue has been addressed in `node-forge` version 1.3.0. There are currently no known workarounds.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | node-node-forge | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24771 |
| npm | node-forge | 1.3.0 | GHSA-cfm4-qjh2-4765 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| digitalbazaar | forge | < 1.3.0 |
Weakness: CWE-347 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N