Prototype pollution in node-forge
Priority MEDIUM 48CWE-1321Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-915.
Summary
The package node-forge before 0.10.0 is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the util.setPath function. Note: Version 0.10.0 is a breaking change removing the vulnerable functions.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.03188 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed node-forge (npm): 0.10.0Red Hat: 2 advisories
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | node-forge | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | node-forge (npm) | before 0.10.0 | 0.10.0 | Patch available | GHSA-92xj-mqp7-vmcj |
- node-forge Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- node-forge (npm) Vendor— Affected before 0.10.0 Fixed in 0.10.0 Patch available GHSA-92xj-mqp7-vmcj
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:digitalbazaar:forge:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | before 0.10.0 | Vulnerable | digitalbazaar |
- cpe:2.3:a:digitalbazaar:forge:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 0.10.0 Vulnerable ·digitalbazaar
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-92xj-mqp7-vmcj node-forge (npm) Fixed in 0.10.0 Advisory →
Red Hat 2 advisories
- RHSA-2020:5605 Released 2020-12-17 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.6.0 security, bug fix, enhancement update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.6 on RHEL-8 ocs4/cephcsi-rhel8, ocs4/mcg-core-rhel8, ocs4/mcg-rhel8-operator +3
- RHSA-2020:5249 Released 2020-11-30 · Red Hat rating Moderatesecurity update - Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.7.4-1 - RHEL7 Container
- Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.7 for RHEL 7 ansible-tower-37/ansible-tower-rhel7
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.7 for RHEL 7 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:5249 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.6 on RHEL-8 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:5605 |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.6 on RHEL-8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7720
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-92xj-mqp7-vmcj
References
Advisory 2
More digitalbazaar Forge vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-26254 Forge has a basicConstraints bypass in its certificate chain verification (RFC 5280 violation) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-82739 ASN.1 resource exhaustion in Forge asn1.fromDer via BIT STRINGs CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-82735 Denial of service in Forge TLS record processing via stack exhaustion CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-26253 Forge has signature forgery in Ed25519 due to missing S > L check CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-26252 Forge has signature forgery in RSA-PKCS due to ASN.1 extra field CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-26249 Forge has Denial of Service via Infinite Loop in BigInteger.modInverse() with Zero Input CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2020-7720 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-7720 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-92xj-mqp7-vmcj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2020-7720 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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