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ubuntu-cve-2025-12816

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2025-11-25 20:15

Modified

2025-11-25 20:15

Summary

Details

An interpretation-conflict (CWE-436) vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and earlier enables unauthenticated attackers to craft ASN.1 structures to desynchronize schema validations, yielding a semantic divergence that may bypass downstream cryptographic verifications and security decisions.

Severity

8.6 (High)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-12816	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12816	REPORT
	https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/a…	REPORT
	https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge	REPORT
	https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/pull/1124	REPORT
	https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113	REPORT
	https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-forge	REPORT
	https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113	REPORT

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libjs-node-forge",
            "binary_version": "0.9.1~dfsg-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "node-node-forge",
            "binary_version": "0.9.1~dfsg-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "node-node-forge",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-node-forge@0.9.1~dfsg-1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.8.5~dfsg-2",
        "0.9.1~dfsg-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libjs-node-forge",
            "binary_version": "1.2.1~dfsg-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "node-node-forge",
            "binary_version": "1.2.1~dfsg-2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "node-node-forge",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-node-forge@1.2.1~dfsg-2?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.10.0~dfsg-3",
        "1.2.1~dfsg-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-12816",
  "modified": "2025-11-25T20:15:00Z",
  "published": "2025-11-25T20:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-12816"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12816"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-5gfm-wpxj-wjgq"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/pull/1124"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-forge"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-12816"
  ]
}

CVE-2025-12816 (GCVE-0-2025-12816)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-25 19:15 – Updated: 2025-11-25 21:04

Title

CVE-2025-12816

Summary

Severity

8.6 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-436 Interpretation Conflict
CWE-436 - Interpretation Conflict

Assigner

certcc

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-forge
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/pull/1124
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113	third-party-advisory
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/a…	third-party-advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Digital Bazaar	node-forge	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.3.1 (semver)
Digital Bazaar	forge	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.3.1 (semver)

Credits

This issue was reported by Hunter Wodzenski of Palo Alto Networks

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Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2025-12816 (GCVE-0-2025-12816)

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