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CVE-2026-33896

CRITICAL
INFO Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 78/100
Published: 2026-03-27 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: None

Description

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to version 1.4.0, `pki.verifyCertificateChain()` does not enforce RFC 5280 basicConstraints requirements when an intermediate certificate lacks both the `basicConstraints` and `keyUsage` extensions. This allows any leaf certificate (without these extensions) to act as a CA and sign other certificates, which node-forge will accept as valid. Version 1.4.0 patches the issue.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
digitalbazaar forge < 1.3.3

References & Advisories (9)

Bug Bounty Relevance

78 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

9.1 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.36%
Raw Score 0.003610
Percentile 29.9%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00361
2026-10-28
0.00361

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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