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CVE-2026-33894: Forge has signature forgery in RSA-PKCS due to ASN.1 extra field

March 26, 2026

RSASSA PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification accepts forged signatures for low public exponent keys (e=3). Attackers can forge signatures by stuffing “garbage” bytes within the ASN structure in order to construct a signature that passes verification, enabling Bleichenbacher style forgery. This issue is similar to CVE-2022-24771, but adds bytes in an addition field within the ASN structure, rather than outside of it.

Additionally, forge does not validate that signatures include a minimum of 8 bytes of padding as defined by the specification, providing attackers additional space to construct Bleichenbacher forgeries.

References

  • datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2313
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-ppp5-5v6c-4jwp
  • github.com/digitalbazaar/forge
  • github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-cfm4-qjh2-4765
  • github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-ppp5-5v6c-4jwp
  • mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/openpgp/5rnE9ZRN1AokBVj3VqblGlP63QE
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33894
  • www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8017.html

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.4.0

Fixed versions

  • 1.4.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.4.0 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Source file

npm/node-forge/CVE-2026-33894.yml

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