VDB-428738 · CVE-2026-118780 · GCVE-0-2026-118780

DigitalBazaar Forge up to 1.4.0 Ca Store pki.verifyCertificateChain certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in DigitalBazaar Forge up to 1.4.0. This affects the function pki.verifyCertificateChain of the component Ca Store. Such manipulation leads to certificate validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-118780. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in DigitalBazaar Forge up to 1.4.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function pki.verifyCertificateChain of the component Ca Store. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to 1.4.1, the affected implementation used pki.verifyCertificateChain(), pki.createCaStore(), duplicate subject names to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge modified the CA store while trying certificates that shared a subject name during pki.verifyCertificateChain(). A failed chain verification could permanently remove trusted CA certificates from the store, causing later valid chains to fail and creating a persistent availability impact for applications that reused the store. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-118780 since 10/28/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1587.003 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.4.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

DigitalBazaar

Name

Forge

Version

Website

Product: https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.7

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.6
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 3.7
CNA Vector (GitHub_M): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Forge 1.4.1

Timelineinfo

10/28/2026 CVE reserved
10/29/2026 +1 days Advisory disclosed
10/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CNA: GitHub_M
CVE: CVE-2026-118780 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-118780
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-428738

Entryinfo

Created: 10/29/2026 20:14
Changes: 10/29/2026 20:14 (65)
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Cache ID: 216::103