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CVE-2025-12816

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Date: November 25, 2025

An interpretation-conflict (CWE-436) vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and earlier enables unauthenticated attackers to craft ASN.1 structures to desynchronize schema validations, yielding a semantic divergence that may bypass downstream cryptographic verifications and security decisions.

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Related Resources (8)

https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-5gfm-wpxj-wjgq
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113
https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-forge
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12816
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/pull/1124
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2025-12816

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Interpretation Conflict

CWE-436

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Upgrade to version node-forge - 1.3.2;https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge.git - v1.3.2

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): NONE

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