{"id":"CVE-2026-119189","aliases":[],"cve":{"records":[{"id":"CVE-2026-119189","source":"GitHub_M","state":"PUBLISHED","reasons":[],"replacements":[],"disputed":false,"unsupportedWhenAssigned":false,"reserved":"2026-10-29T16:04:48.727Z","published":"2026-10-29T19:23:25.238Z","modified":"2026-10-29T19:23:25.238Z"}],"publishers":[{"name":"GitHub_M","role":"CNA","organizationId":"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa","modified":"2026-10-29T19:23:25.238Z"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-h46v-rmh6-fq4f","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"source":"GitHub_M"},{"url":"https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/696db92348623e88cc63c35f0a89ede481d55ad0","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"source":"GitHub_M"},{"url":"https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.1","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"source":"GitHub_M"}],"weaknesses":[{"id":"CWE-295","description":"CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation","source":"GitHub_M"}],"applicability":[],"prioritization":[]},"title":"Forge: X.509 pathLenConstraint not enforced by verifyCertificateChain() for CA certificates without keyUsage","titleSource":"GitHub_M","descriptionSource":"GitHub_M","description":"Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to 1.4.1, node-forge enforced an X.509 CA certificate's basicConstraints.pathLenConstraint only when that certificate also carried a keyUsage extension. Exploitation requires a path-length-constrained CA without keyUsage that chains to a root trusted by the application, and an attacker who holds that CA's private key or obtains a subordinate CA certificate from it. The attacker could then construct a chain exceeding the declared path length that still passed pki.verifyCertificateChain(). Public web PKI CA certificates normally include keyUsage; private PKIs with CA certificates created without it are more likely to be affected. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.","score":5.9,"severity":"medium","published":"2026-10-29T19:23:25.238Z","modified":"2026-10-29T19:23:25.238Z","withdrawn":false,"knownExploited":false,"affected":[],"products":[{"vendor":"digitalbazaar","name":"forge","platforms":[],"versions":[{"version":"< 1.4.1","status":"affected"}],"cpes":[],"source":"GitHub_M","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-119189"}],"remediation":[],"references":["https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-h46v-rmh6-fq4f","https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/696db92348623e88cc63c35f0a89ede481d55ad0","https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.1"],"sources":[{"name":"CVE","id":"CVE-2026-119189","modified":"2026-10-29T19:23:25.238Z","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-119189"}],"assessments":[{"source":"GitHub_M","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","score":5.9}],"sourceAffected":[],"observedAt":"2026-10-29T19:46:22.902Z","kev":{"status":"not-listed","checkedAt":"2026-10-31T00:50:33.640Z"},"coverage":[{"source":"NVD","status":"no-result","checkedAt":"2026-10-29T19:50:36.032Z","attemptedAt":"2026-10-29T19:50:36.032Z"},{"source":"GHSA","status":"no-result","checkedAt":"2026-10-29T19:50:36.556Z","attemptedAt":"2026-10-29T19:50:36.556Z"},{"source":"EUVD","status":"refresh-failed","attemptedAt":"2026-10-29T19:50:35.222Z"},{"source":"EPSS","status":"no-result","checkedAt":"2026-10-29T19:50:36.269Z","attemptedAt":"2026-10-29T19:50:36.269Z"}],"evidence":[],"aiSummary":{"text":"Forge, a JavaScript TLS implementation, has a vulnerability in versions prior to 1.4.1 where X.509 pathLenConstraint is not enforced for CA certificates without keyUsage. An attacker with a private key or subordinate CA certificate could construct an excessive certificate chain. This issue is more likely to affect private PKIs with CA certificates created without keyUsage.","model":"@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast","generatedAt":"2026-10-30T09:49:34.566Z","sources":[{"name":"CVE","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-119189"}]}}