{"id":"CVE-2026-118779","revision":"a8fec8ee1d254e3ea2dd7978de836a42","records":[{"revision":"a8fec8ee1d254e3ea2dd7978de836a42","observedAt":"2026-10-29T21:48:56.968+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-118779","aliases":[],"title":"Forge: Regular expression denial of service in PEM decoding (pem.decode)","description":"Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to 1.4.1, the affected implementation used pem.decode(), lib/pem.js, missing END line to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge used polynomial-time regular expressions in pem.decode(), including when searching for a matching END line and parsing encapsulated headers. An unauthenticated attacker able to supply PEM input to any high-level parser could consume excessive CPU with a long malformed message and cause denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-10-29T18:45:55.093+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-29T20:23:11.602+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"forge","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"vendor\": \"digitalbazaar\",\n                    \"product\": \"forge\",\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"< 1.4.1\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[{"system":"CVSS 3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH"}],"references":["https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-7wch-p9px-956x","https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/412345db583cd28a9d23636d0d93e9f751b935f3","https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.1"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118779","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2026-118779","identifiers":["CVE-2026-118779"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}