What is CVE-2026-33896?

CVE-2026-33896 is a high-severity vulnerability in Digitalbazaar Forge, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2026-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2026-33896?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Digitalbazaar Forge

CVE-2026-33896

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to version 1.4.0, `pki.verifyCertificateChain()` does not enforce RFC 5280 basicConstraints requirements when an intermediate cert…

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.000 (10.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Digitalbazaar Forge — versions < 1.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-2328-f5f3-gj25 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/2e492832fb25227e6b647cbe1ac981c123171e90 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-33896?: CVE-2026-33896 is a high-severity vulnerability in Digitalbazaar Forge, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2026-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2026-33896?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.