Description
Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to 1.4.1, the affected implementation used BigInteger.prototype.modInverse(), bnModInverse(), lib/jsbn.js, RSA public exponent e to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge's bundled jsbn implementation entered an infinite loop when BigInteger.prototype.modInverse() received a negative value or modulus. An attacker who could control the RSA public exponent passed to key generation, or a direct modInverse() operand, could block the Node.js event loop at full CPU. Parsed DER, PEM, JWK, PKCS#12, X.509, and TLS values are unsigned and cannot trigger this issue. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.
Published: 2026-10-29
Score: 2.9 Low
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Digitalbazaar
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Vendors & Products Digitalbazaar
Digitalbazaar forge

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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Description Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to 1.4.1, the affected implementation used BigInteger.prototype.modInverse(), bnModInverse(), lib/jsbn.js, RSA public exponent e to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge's bundled jsbn implementation entered an infinite loop when BigInteger.prototype.modInverse() received a negative value or modulus. An attacker who could control the RSA public exponent passed to key generation, or a direct modInverse() operand, could block the Node.js event loop at full CPU. Parsed DER, PEM, JWK, PKCS#12, X.509, and TLS values are unsigned and cannot trigger this issue. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.
Title Forge: Denial of Service via infinite loop in BigInteger.modInverse() with negative input (incomplete fix of CVE-2026-33891)
Weaknesses CWE-835
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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Digitalbazaar Forge
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-29T18:49:28.661Z

Reserved: 2026-10-28T19:20:05.019Z

Link: CVE-2026-118781

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-29T19:17:20.843

Modified: 2026-10-29T19:17:20.843

Link: CVE-2026-118781

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-29T20:30:18Z

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