Vulnerability in Digital Bazaar Forge
CVE-2025-12816
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (53.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Digital Bazaar Forge — versions 0
- Digital Bazaar Node-Forge — versions 0
- Digitalbazaar Forge
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.npmjs.com/package/node-forge (Product)
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/pull/1124 (Patch, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge (Product)
- kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-5gfm-wpxj-wjgq (Exploit, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-12816?
- CVE-2025-12816 is a high-severity vulnerability in Digital Bazaar Forge, classified under CWE-436. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2025-11-25.
- How severe is CVE-2025-12816?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.