What is CVE-2026-33895?

CVE-2026-33895 is a high-severity vulnerability in Digitalbazaar Forge, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2026-33895?

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

Vulnerability in Digitalbazaar Forge

CVE-2026-33895

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to version 1.4.0, Ed25519 signature verification accepts forged non-canonical signatures where the scalar S is not reduced modulo…

EPSS: 0.000 (13.3th 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:H/A:N.

Affected products

Digitalbazaar Forge — versions < 1.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-347 — Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

References

https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-q67f-28xg-22rw (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/bdecf11571c9f1a487cc0fe72fe78ff6dfa96b85 (x_refsource_MISC)
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8032#section-8.4 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-33895?: CVE-2026-33895 is a high-severity vulnerability in Digitalbazaar Forge, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2026-33895?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.