UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118779

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-118779
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118779.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118779
Upstream
Published
2026-10-30T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-10-31T03:30:10Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to 1.4.1, the affected implementation used pem.decode(), lib/pem.js, missing END line to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge used polynomial-time regular expressions in pem.decode(), including when searching for a matching END line and parsing encapsulated headers. An unauthenticated attacker able to supply PEM input to any high-level parser could consume excessive CPU with a long malformed message and cause denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / node-node-forge

Package

Name
node-node-forge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-node-forge?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.8.5~dfsg-2
0.9.1~dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "libjs-node-forge",
            "binary_version":  "0.9.1~dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "node-node-forge",
            "binary_version":  "0.9.1~dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118779.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / node-node-forge

Package

Name
node-node-forge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-node-forge?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.10.0~dfsg-3
1.*
1.2.1~dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "libjs-node-forge",
            "binary_version":  "1.2.1~dfsg-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "node-node-forge",
            "binary_version":  "1.2.1~dfsg-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118779.json"