NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting node-forge package, versions <1.4.1
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-JS-NODEFORGE-22113938
- published1 Nov 2026
- disclosed30 Oct 2026
- creditArpit Jain
Introduced: 30 Oct 2026
NewCVE-2026-118778 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade node-forge to version 1.4.1 or higher.
Overview
node-forge is a JavaScript implementations of network transports, cryptography, ciphers, PKI, message digests, and various utilities.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the tls.handleServerHelloDone function in lib/tls.js. A malicious TLS server, or an on-path attacker who strips the server's Certificate message, can terminate the client's Node.js process by completing a handshake with no certificate, because the missing-certificate guard tests the unused c.serverCertificate property while tls.createClientKeyExchange reads c.session.serverCertificate.publicKey and throws an uncaught TypeError. This affects only applications that use the forge TLS client (forge.tls.createConnection with server: false) and drive it from a socket data handler, and the exception leaves connection.process() without invoking the verify or error callbacks.