CVE-2026-118778 Forge: TLS client crash when the server sends no certificate
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-118778?
CVE-2026-118778 is a medium-severity vulnerability in digitalbazaar forge, published on 29 Oct 2026.
Official description
Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to 1.4.1, the affected implementation used forge.tls.createConnection(), c.session.serverCertificate, RSA key exchange to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge's TLS client checked the wrong property when deciding whether a server certificate was missing. A malicious TLS server or on-path peer could omit the Certificate message and reach code that dereferenced the absent certificate, causing an uncaught exception and terminating the connection or process. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-118778?
How do I fix CVE-2026-118778?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-118778 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-118778 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-118778 in the wild and no public exploit code.