CVE-2025-12816
Publication date 25 November 2025
Last updated 26 November 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| node-node-forge | 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
8.6 · High
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12816
- https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-5gfm-wpxj-wjgq
- https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge
- https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/pull/1124
- https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-forge
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113