CVE-2026-118779 Forge - Denial of Service

Forge (node-forge) < 1.4.1 contains a denial of service caused by polynomial-time regular expressions in pem.decode() missing END line checks, letting unauthenticated attackers cause excessive CPU consumption with malformed PEM input.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Not required
EPSS
0.56% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Denial of Service
Impact
Denial Of Service
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
29 October 2026
Updated
31 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-400

Vendor fix

Update to version 1.4.1 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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