CVE-2025-12816

CVE-2025-12816

HIGH
8.6
CVSS Score
Published: November 25, 2025 at 07:15 PM UTC
Updated: October 18, 2026 at 08:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorForge

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Severity
HIGH8.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versionsv ≤ 1.3.1

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (6)

Issue TrackingPatch
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/pull/1124
Third Party Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113
Third Party AdvisoryExploitVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-5gfm-wpxj-wjgq
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.6HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-436

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