What is CVE-2026-33891?

CVE-2026-33891 is a high-severity vulnerability in Digitalbazaar Forge, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2026-33891?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Digitalbazaar Forge

CVE-2026-33891

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to version 1.4.0, a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the node-forge library due to an infinite loop in the BigInteg…

EPSS: 0.001 (23.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Digitalbazaar Forge — versions < 1.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-5m6q-g25r-mvwx (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/9bb8d67b99d17e4ebb5fd7596cd699e11f25d023 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-33891?: CVE-2026-33891 is a high-severity vulnerability in Digitalbazaar Forge, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2026-33891?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.