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Medium · 5.9 CVE-2026-125334 EUVD-2026-122794GHSA-j8rw-jp99-435v

Forge: TLS client crash on a handshake record received without a session

Published Nov 10, 2026 · Updated Nov 14, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to 1.4.3, a forge.tls client can pass a handshake record to tls.handleHandshake() while the connection has no session, including after a close_notify alert, after the application calls close(), or before handshake() is called. The handler dereferences c.session.md5 before dispatching the message, causing a TypeError to propagate from connection.process(). A malicious server or on-path attacker can deliver the record, including after a reset when the connection uses no encryption, and terminate a Node.js process if the application does not catch the exception. forge.tls servers are not affected, and there is no confidentiality or integrity impact. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.3.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
digitalbazaar forge < 1.4.3 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS node-node-forge No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS node-node-forge No fix yet —

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 python-tensorboard No fix yet —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling jitsucom-jitsu-console 2.11.0-r43 —
Wolfi rolling kubeflow-centraldashboard 2.0.0-r9 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm node-forge < 1.4.3 1.4.3 GHSA-j8rw-jp99-435v

References