7.4

CVE-2026-119190: Forge: X.509 basicConstraints bypass in verifyCertificateChain() via deprecated extension OIDs 2.5.29.10 and 2.5.29.13

Undergoing analysis
AliasesGHSA-5x38-2vff-x55pUBUNTU-CVE-2026-119190CGA-986c-chpm-qrjc
Published 29-10-2026Last modified 29-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-119190 is a high (CVSS 7.4) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in digitalbazaar forge. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.4 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 0% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.4/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 29-10-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 29-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to 1.4.1, node-forge parsed deprecated extension OIDs 2.5.29.10 and 2.5.29.13 as basicConstraints, and pki.verifyCertificateChain() used the first extension with that name. Exploitation requires a CA trusted by the application to issue a certificate carrying an attacker-supplied deprecated-OID extension, commonly because the CA copies extensions from a certificate signing request. By placing a permissive deprecated extension before the genuine 2.5.29.19 basicConstraints extension, the certificate holder could have the certificate accepted as a CA and issue certificates for arbitrary names, enabling server or client impersonation. If the issuing CA adds a keyUsage extension without keyCertSign, node-forge rejects the chain. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

30-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Chainguard18 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
Npm1 product
  • node-forge< 1.4.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • node-node-forgeAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 23 products

References

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