Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to 1.4.1, the affected implementation used forge.tls.createConnection(), TLS record processing, process() to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge processed received TLS records recursively, consuming one JavaScript stack frame per record in a single input chunk. A remote peer could send thousands of small records together and exhaust the call stack, causing an uncaught exception and denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.

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Weaknesses CWE-770
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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 forge.tls.createConnection(), TLS record processing, process() to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge processed received TLS records recursively, consuming one JavaScript stack frame per record in a single input chunk. A remote peer could send thousands of small records together and exhaust the call stack, causing an uncaught exception and denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.
Title Forge: Denial of service in TLS record processing via call stack exhaustion
Weaknesses CWE-674
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-29T19:19:36.824Z

Reserved: 2026-10-29T16:04:48.727Z

Link: CVE-2026-119187

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-29T20:17:29.647

Modified: 2026-10-30T17:18:03.880

Link: CVE-2026-119187

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-29T19:19:36Z

Links: CVE-2026-119187 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-10-30T14:00:17Z

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