CVE-2022-24773: digitalbazaar forge
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-24773 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in digitalbazaar forge. EPSS estimates a 0.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 18-03-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 23-04-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to version 1.3.0, RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification code does not properly check `DigestInfo` for a proper ASN.1 structure. This can lead to successful verification with signatures that contain invalid structures but a valid digest. The issue has been addressed in `node-forge` version 1.3.0. There are currently no known workarounds.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- OSV · NpmEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- NVDNIST5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.96%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
61%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.04 pp
From 0.92% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- node-node-forge< 0.10.0~dfsg-3+deb11u1
Digitalbazaar1 product
- forge< 1.3.0
Npm1 product
- node-forge< 1.3.0
Ubuntu1 product
- node-node-forgeAll versions (No fix recorded)
4 vendors · 4 products
References
8 links- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/3f0b49a0573ef1bb7af7f5673c0cfebf00424df1X Refsource MISCREPORTWEBPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-2r2c-g63r-vccrX Refsource CONFIRMREPORTWEBThird Party Advisory
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/bb822c02df0b61211836472e29b9790cc541cdb2X Refsource MISCREPORTWEBPatchThird Party Advisory