CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-33895

7.5 HIGH Published 2026-03-27 Modified 2026-10-26 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2026-03-27
Last modified
2026-10-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1 (0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c)
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-347

Description

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to version 1.4.0, Ed25519 signature verification accepts forged non-canonical signatures where the scalar S is not reduced modulo the group order (`S >= L`). A valid signature and its `S + L` variant both verify in forge, while Node.js `crypto.verify` (OpenSSL-backed) rejects the `S + L` variant, as defined by the specification. This class of signature malleability has been exploited in practice to bypass authentication and authorization logic (see CVE-2026-25793, CVE-2022-35961). Applications relying on signature uniqueness (i.e., dedup by signature bytes, replay tracking, signed-object canonicalization checks) may be bypassed. Version 1.4.0 patches the issue.

Affected configurations

• digitalbazaar forge (<= 1.3.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature weakness

References