CVE-2025-12816

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.

CVSS 3.1

8.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS

0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 54% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-436

Published

2025-11-25

Modified

2026-10-18

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• digitalbazaar:forge

Packages (OSV)

References

• https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge
• https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/pull/1124
• https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-5gfm-wpxj-wjgq
• https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-forge

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