CVE-2026-118780: Forge: verifyCertificateChain() removes trusted CA certificates with the same subject from the CA store
digitalbazaar · forge
Affected: digitalbazaar forge · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 7% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- digitalbazaar · forge< 1.4.1
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- digitalbazaar
- Published
- October 2026
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