CVE-2026-33896

high Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 96% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Published: March 27, 2026 (47 days ago)
Last Modified: March 27, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to version 1.4.0, `pki.verifyCertificateChain()` does not enforce RFC 5280 basicConstraints requirements when an intermediate certificate lacks both the `basicConstraints` and `keyUsage` extensions. This allows any leaf certificate (without these extensions) to act as a CA and sign other certificates, which node-forge will accept as valid. Version 1.4.0 patches the issue.

CWE

CWE-295

Affected Products

Cryostat 4Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShiftRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2Red Hat Build of Podman DesktopRed Hat Data Grid 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 github.com 🔗 github.com