CVE-2025-12816

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Summary

CVECVE-2025-12816
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-11-25 20:15:58 UTC
Updated2026-10-18 20:10:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.6 HIGH from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.007420000 probability, percentile 0.538100000 (date 2026-10-18)

Problem Types: CWE-436 | CWE-436 Interpretation Conflict | CWE-436 CWE-436 Interpretation Conflict

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED8.6HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary8.6HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Digitalbazaar Forge All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Digital Bazaar Node-forge affected 1.3.1 semver Not specified
CNA Digital Bazaar Forge affected 1.3.1 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/pull/1124 [email protected] github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113 [email protected] kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory
github.com/digitalbazaar/forge [email protected] github.com Product
www.npmjs.com/package/node-forge [email protected] www.npmjs.com Product
github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-5gfm-wpxj-wjgq [email protected] github.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: This issue was reported by Hunter Wodzenski of Palo Alto Networks (en)

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