GHSA-2r2c-g63r-vccr

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in `node-forge`

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Moderate CVE-2022-24773

Packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
npm	node-forge	< 1.3.0	1.3.0

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

### Impact RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification code is not properly checking `DigestInfo` for a proper ASN.1 structure. This can lead to successful verification with signatures that contain invalid structures but a valid digest. ### Patches The issue has been addressed in `node-forge` `1.3.0`. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [forge](https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge) * Email us at [example email address](mailto:[email protected])

References

External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.

https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-2r2c-g63r-vccr web
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24773 advisory
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/3f0b49a0573ef1bb7af7f5673c0cfebf00424df1 web
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/bb822c02df0b61211836472e29b9790cc541cdb2 web
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge package