# CVE-2026-119187: Forge: Denial of service in TLS record processing via call stack exhaustion

Status: published. Published: 2026-10-29. Updated: 2026-11-04.

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(), TLS record processing, process() to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge processed received TLS records recursively, consuming one JavaScript stack frame per record in a single input chunk. A remote peer could send thousands of small records together and exhaust the call stack, causing an uncaught exception and denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.

## Remediation

- fix: node-forge (npm): OSV reports a fixed version 1.4.1. Check the advisory for supported release branches. (source: OSV GHSA-hqq3-7jhf-c5jx) — https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hqq3-7jhf-c5jx

## Affected products and versions

- digitalbazaar / forge: < 1.4.1 (affected). Source: CNA: GitHub_M
-  / node-forge (node-forge): ≥ 0; < 1.4.1 (affected, semver); OSV events: introduced 0; fixed 1.4.1. Source: OSV GHSA-hqq3-7jhf-c5jx

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.5 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H; source: CNA: GitHub_M

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.41% as of 2026-11-03; percentile 35.84%

- SSVC: exploitation poc; automatable yes; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-674

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-hqq3-7jhf-c5jx (ADP: CISA-ADP)

## References

- https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-hqq3-7jhf-c5jx (CNA: GitHub_M; x_refsource_CONFIRM)

- https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/817e2ce0d0f6d8a25bc9c2670615c38a9ffdc51c (CNA: GitHub_M; x_refsource_MISC)

- https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.1 (CNA: GitHub_M; x_refsource_MISC)

- https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-hqq3-7jhf-c5jx (ADP: CISA-ADP; exploit)

- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hqq3-7jhf-c5jx (OSV / GitHub Security Advisories; advisory)

- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-hqq3-7jhf-c5jx (OSV / GitHub Security Advisories; osv)

## Provenance

- CNA: GitHub_M: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-119187; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated 2026-11-04

- OSV / GitHub Security Advisories: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-hqq3-7jhf-c5jx; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated 2026-10-30

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-119187; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated Not reported

Revision: a09e4f27e0440a8bc76891e27e0c8c243e4d2f441e99595db8a203f2061b2006

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