CVE-2026-119188: Forge: Denial of service in TLS record processing via a record interleaved with a fragmented handshake message
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-119188 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncaught Exception vulnerability in digitalbazaar forge. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 0% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 29-10-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 30-10-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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 forge.tls.createConnection(), fragmented handshake message, interleaved record to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge continued processing after a TLS record of another content type interrupted a fragmented handshake message. A remote peer could trigger an uncaught TypeError in process(), causing the connection or hosting process to fail. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · NpmEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.41%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
35%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Change unavailable
Change unavailable
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard19 products
- arangodb-3.11All versions (No fix recorded) | < 3.11.14.6-r4
- arangodb-3.12All versions (No fix recorded) | < 3.12.13-r1
- dotstatsuite-supercoreAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 3.1.0_git20261022-r4
- gitlab-rails-ce-18.10All versions (No fix recorded)
- gitlab-rails-ce-18.8All versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi2 products
- jitsucom-jitsu-consoleAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.11.0-r42
- kubeflow-centraldashboardAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.0.0-r8
Digitalbazaar1 product
- forge< 1.4.1
Npm1 product
- node-forge< 1.4.1
Ubuntu1 product
- node-node-forgeAll versions (No fix recorded)
5 vendors · 24 products
References
8 links- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-8hrf-8g6f-7xwpX Refsource CONFIRMWEBREPORTAdvisory
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/700d977d39f9f8f896c55b0763eebb940a2c087eX Refsource MISCWEBREPORTFIX