CVE-2025-12816 json
CVE-2025-12816
published 2025-11-25 11 mo ago modified 2026-10-18 21 d ago also GHSA-5gfm-wpxj-wjgq , EUVD-2025-199630
- cvss
- 8.6
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- npm node-forge 1.3.2
- grafana Manager Client Tools 15 11.6.11-150000.1.90.1
- spacecmd openSUSE Leap 15.6, Manager Client Tools 15 5.0.15-150000.3.142.1
- uyuni-tools Manager Client Tools for SLE Micro 5, Manager Client Tools 15 0.1.38-150000.1.30.1
- dracut-saltboot openSUSE Leap 15.6, Manager Client Tools for SLE Micro 5, Manager Client Tools 15 1.1.0-150000.1.65.1
- prometheus-blackbox_exporter openSUSE Leap 15.6, Manager Client Tools for SLE Micro 5, Manager Client Tools 15 0.26.0-150000.1.30.2
- golang-github-prometheus-promu SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP7, openSUSE Leap 15.6 0.17.0-150000.3.30.1
- golang-github-boynux-squid_exporter openSUSE Leap 15.6, Manager Client Tools 15 1.13.0-150000.1.12.1
- golang-github-prometheus-prometheus Manager Client Tools 15 3.5.0-150000.3.67.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:1013-1SUSE-SU-2026:1008-1SUSE-SU-2026:0630-1SUSE-SU-2026:0628-1
- golang-github-prometheus-prometheus openSUSE Leap 16.0 3.5.0-160000.1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:20177-1
- github.com/digitalbazaar/forge#1124 pull request
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2025-12816 updated cvss 8.7
node-forge: node-forge: Interpretation conflict vulnerability allows bypassing cryptographic verifications
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Red Hat Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift openshift-logging/kibana6-rhel8, openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel9, openshift-logging/logging-curator5-rhel9, openshift-logging/elasticsearch-proxy-rhel9, openshift-logging/logging-view-plugin-rhel9, openshift-logging/elasticsearch-rhel9-operator, +1 moreaffected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
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Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Virtualization mtv-candidate/mtv-console-plugin-rhel9 Red Hat OpenShift Lightspeed openshift-lightspeed/lightspeed-console-plugin-rhel9, openshift-lightspeed/lightspeed-console-plugin-pf5-rhel9affected: workaround, no fix available
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Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-ui-rhel9, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-api-rhel8, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-api-rhel9, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-db-migration-rhel8, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-db-migration-rhel9affected: workaround, no fix available, no fix planned “Will not fix”
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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 rhacm2/acm-grafana-rhel9 Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4 io.hawt-project Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2 io.apicurio-apicurio-registry Red Hat Connectivity Link 1 rhcl-1/rhcl-console-plugin-rhel9 Red Hat Data Grid 8 org.infinispan-infinispan-console Red Hat Edge Manager preview rhem/flightctl-ui-rhel9, rhem/flightctl-ui-ocp-rhel9affected: workaround, no fix available
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 rhelai3/bootc-cuda-rhel9, rhelai3/disk-image-cuda-rhel9affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/ose-console-rhel9, openshift4/ose-monitoring-plugin-rhel9, openshift4/nmstate-console-plugin-rhel9affected: workaround, no fix available, no fix planned “Will not fix”
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Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces devspaces-tech-preview/idea-rhel9 Red Hat OpenShift GitOps openshift-gitops-1/dex-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel9, openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/must-gather-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/argo-rollouts-rhel8, +3 more Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer rhtpa/rhtpa-trustification-service-rhel9affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
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Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Virtualization 2.9 migration-toolkit-virtualization 1769034026fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:1248
show 24 moreshow fewer
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Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.4.9 multicluster-globalhub 1770126537fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:2500
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Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.5.8 multicluster-globalhub 1770109405fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:2256
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Red Hat Network Observability (NETOBSERV) 1.11.0 network-observability 1771227610, network-observability 1771227650fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:2900
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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.8 advanced-cluster-security 1769615659fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:1517
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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.9 advanced-cluster-security 1770074713, advanced-cluster-security 1770250889fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:2350
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Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 rhceph 1770630607fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:2737
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Red Hat Ceph Storage 9.2 rhceph/rhceph-9-rhel10 1790843527fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:86618
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Red Hat Developer Hub 1.7 rhdh 1.7.4-1767715042fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:0261
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Red Hat Discovery 2 discovery 1767904573fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:0414
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Red Hat Migration Toolkit 1.8 rhmtc/openshift-migration-ui-rhel8 1783690532fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:41928
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Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.16 rhoai 1774282136fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:5807
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Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 rhoai 1770053703, rhoai 1770053721, rhoai 1770053723, rhoai 1770053728, rhoai 1770053730, rhoai 1770053733, +15 morefixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:2106
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Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 rhoai 1769162595, rhoai 1771502843, rhoai 1771502844, rhoai 1771502845, rhoai 1771502863, rhoai 1771502869, +14 morefixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:19712
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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 openshift4/ose-networking-console-plugin-rhel9 1779256322fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:20041
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Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.17 odf4/cephcsi-rhel9 1791966003, odf4/odf-cli-rhel9 1791888742, odf4/mcg-core-rhel9 1791889616, odf4/odf-console-rhel9 1791887928, odf4/mcg-rhel9-operator 1791889753, odf4/ocs-rhel9-operator 1791960285, +13 morefixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:83622
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Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.18 odf4/cephcsi-rhel9 1783676191, odf4/odf-cli-rhel9 1784094299, odf4/mcg-core-rhel9 1784094353, odf4/odf-console-rhel9 1784094725, odf4/mcg-rhel9-operator 1784093953, odf4/ocs-rhel9-operator 1783676675, +13 morefixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:41941
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Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.19 odf4/cephcsi-rhel9 1783684360, odf4/odf-cli-rhel9 1784054873, odf4/mcg-core-rhel9 1784054582, odf4/odf-console-rhel9 1784055589, odf4/mcg-rhel9-operator 1784054606, odf4/ocs-rhel9-operator 1783684667, +14 morefixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:41944
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Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 odf4/cephcsi-rhel9 1783667125, odf4/odf-cli-rhel9 1784055020, odf4/mcg-core-rhel9 1784054598, odf4/odf-console-rhel9 1784055586, odf4/mcg-rhel9-operator 1784055387, odf4/ocs-rhel9-operator 1783667611, +16 morefixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:40984
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Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces (RHOSDS) 3.26 devspaces 1769804221fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:2456
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Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.17 openshift-gitops-1 1772195995fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:3869
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Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.18 openshift-gitops-1 1772438822fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:3874
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Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.15 openshift-pipelines 1772036471, openshift-pipelines 1772110573fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:3710
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Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.20 openshift-pipelines 1770988020fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:3825
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Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 openshift-service-mesh 1.73.25-1764836020, openshift-service-mesh 1.73.25-1764836138fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:22936
10 more fixed, 52 more not affected in the full advisory
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
cisa ICSA-26-071-03 updated cvss 8.6
Siemens SIDIS Prime
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Siemens SIDIS Prime < 4.0.800affected: fixed in V4.0.800
Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 11 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- github.com https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-5gfm-wpxj-wjgq referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | node-forge | <1.3.2 |
1.3.2 |
Affected products
- Digital Bazaar node-forge
- Digital Bazaar forge
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-436 Interpretation Conflict
References
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github.com
/digitalbazaar/forge/pull/1124
web, issue-tracking, patch
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github.com
/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-5gfm-wpxj-wjgq
third-party-advisory, web, exploit, vendor-advisory
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npmjs.com
/package/node-forge
web, product
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github.com
/digitalbazaar/forge
package, product
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kb.cert.org
/vuls/id/521113
third-party-advisory, web
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kb.cert.org
/vuls/id/521113
web, third-party-advisory
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github.com
/digitalbazaar/forge/blob/2bb97afb5058285ef09bcf1d04d6bd6b87cffd58/lib/asn1.js#L1153
web
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github.com
/digitalbazaar/forge/blob/2bb97afb5058285ef09bcf1d04d6bd6b87cffd58/lib/ed25519.js#L81
web
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github.com
/digitalbazaar/forge/blob/2bb97afb5058285ef09bcf1d04d6bd6b87cffd58/lib/pbe.js#L363
web
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github.com
/digitalbazaar/forge/blob/2bb97afb5058285ef09bcf1d04d6bd6b87cffd58/lib/pkcs12.js#L328
web
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github.com
/digitalbazaar/forge/blob/2bb97afb5058285ef09bcf1d04d6bd6b87cffd58/lib/pkcs7.js#L90
web
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github.com
/digitalbazaar/forge/blob/2bb97afb5058285ef09bcf1d04d6bd6b87cffd58/lib/rsa.js#L1167
web
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github.com
/digitalbazaar/forge/blob/2bb97afb5058285ef09bcf1d04d6bd6b87cffd58/lib/x509.js#L667
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-12816
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5gfm-wpxj-wjgq
- NVD CVE-2025-12816
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