01 Record
CVE-2026-33896
Forge has a basicConstraints bypass in its certificate chain verification (RFC 5280 violation)
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score7.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
02 Description
Forge has a basicConstraints bypass in its certificate chain verification (RFC 5280 violation)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-26.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-03-27 20:50Z7 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-04 12:04Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-03-24
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 51dcfd499fdb952010b30ac89bff8b58b224fbf964dfbb87cd3ddd722123bf64
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-2328-f5f3-gj25
- github.comhttps://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/2e492832fb25227e6b647cbe1ac981c123171e90
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33896
- bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2452458https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452458
- security.access.redhat.comhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-33896.json
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24761
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34342
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:9742
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13826
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- node-node-forge No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- node-node-forge No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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