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FKIE_CVE-2022-24771

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-03-18 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:32

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/3f0b49a0573ef1bb7af7f5673c0cfebf00424df1	Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-cfm4-qjh2-4765	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/3f0b49a0573ef1bb7af7f5673c0cfebf00424df1	Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-cfm4-qjh2-4765	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	digitalbazaar	forge	*

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CVE-2022-24771 (GCVE-0-2022-24771)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-18 13:25 – Updated: 2025-04-23 18:46

Title

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in node-forge

Summary

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-23 15:56 UTC

CWE

CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/a…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/3f0…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
digitalbazaar	forge	Affected: < 1.3.0

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