{"id":"CVE-2022-24772","aliases":["CLSA-2026-1774916716","DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24772","EUVD-2022-1576","GHSA-x4jg-mjrx-434g","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24772"],"status":"published","title":"Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in `node-forge`","description":"Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to version 1.3.0, RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification code does not check for tailing garbage bytes after decoding a `DigestInfo` ASN.1 structure. This can allow padding bytes to be removed and garbage data added to forge a signature when a low public exponent is being used. The issue has been addressed in `node-forge` version 1.3.0. 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Prior to version 1.3.0, RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification code does not check for tailing garbage bytes after decoding a `DigestInfo` ASN.1 structure. This can allow padding bytes to be removed and garbage data added to forge a signature when a low public exponent is being used. The issue has been addressed in `node-forge` version 1.3.0. There are currently no known workarounds.","status":"published","published":"2022-03-18T13:30:20Z","modified":"2025-04-23T18:46:10.614Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-347"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:34.576287Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2022-1576","description":"Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to version 1.3.0, RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification code does not check for tailing garbage bytes after decoding a `DigestInfo` ASN.1 structure. 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This can allow padding bytes to be removed and garbage data added to forge a signature when a low public exponent is being used.\n\n### Patches\n\nThe issue has been addressed in `node-forge` `1.3.0`.\n\n### References\n\nFor more information, please see\n[\"Bleichenbacher's RSA signature forgery based on implementation error\"](https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/openpgp/5rnE9ZRN1AokBVj3VqblGlP63QE/)\nby Hal Finney.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [forge](https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge)\n* Email us at [example email address](mailto:security@digitalbazaar.com)","status":"published","published":"2022-03-18T23:10:28Z","modified":"2025-02-12T05:11:07Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-347"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:38:30.754382Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2022-24772","description":"Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. 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This can allow padding bytes to be removed and garbage data added to forge a signature when a low public exponent is being used. The issue has been addressed in `node-forge` version 1.3.0. There are currently no known workarounds.","status":"published","published":"2022-03-18T13:30:20Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:28.411294978Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-347"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:24.428403Z"},{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24772","description":"Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to version 1.3.0, RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification code does not check for tailing garbage bytes after decoding a `DigestInfo` ASN.1 structure. This can allow padding bytes to be removed and garbage data added to forge a signature when a low public exponent is being used. The issue has been addressed in `node-forge` version 1.3.0. 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This can allow padding bytes to be removed and garbage data added to forge a signature when a low public exponent is being used.\n\n### Patches\n\nThe issue has been addressed in `node-forge` `1.3.0`.\n\n### References\n\nFor more information, please see\n[\"Bleichenbacher's RSA signature forgery based on implementation error\"](https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/openpgp/5rnE9ZRN1AokBVj3VqblGlP63QE/)\nby Hal Finney.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [forge](https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge)\n* Email us at [example email address](mailto:security@digitalbazaar.com)","status":"published","published":"2022-03-18T23:10:28Z","modified":"2023-11-08T04:08:35.85591Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-347"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:59.484835Z"},{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24772","description":"Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. 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