Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in `node-forge` (GHSA-2r2c-g63r-vccr)

Description

RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification code is not properly checking DigestInfo for a proper ASN.1 structure. This can lead to successful verification with signatures that contain invalid structures but a valid digest.

Recommendation

Update the node-forge package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 1.3.0
• Patched version(s): 1.3.0

References

• GHSA-2r2c-g63r-vccr
• CVE-2022-24773
• CWE-347
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A2
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• node-forge has ASN.1 Unbounded Recursion - CVE-2025-66031
• node-forge has an Interpretation Conflict vulnerability via its ASN.1 Validator Desynchronization - CVE-2025-12816
• Prototype Pollution in node-forge - CVE-2020-7720
• Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in node-forge - CVE-2022-24772

Tags:

npm

node-forge