# CVE-2026-118780: Forge: verifyCertificateChain() removes trusted CA certificates with the same subject from the CA store

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-113338, GHSA-4487-J8R4-4G2F
- Severity: CVSS 3.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.4.1
- Published: 2026-10-29 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Summary

Forge (node-forge), a JavaScript implementation of Transport Layer Security, is affected when applications use its certificate chain verification with a CA store containing certificates that share a subject name. A failed verification can permanently remove trusted CA certificates from that store, so later valid certificate chains are rejected, causing a lasting availability problem for applications that reuse the store.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- digitalbazaar forge: fixed in 1.4.1
- node-forge (npm): fixed in 1.4.1

## 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 pki.verifyCertificateChain(), pki.createCaStore(), duplicate subject names to process the relevant input or security decision. node-forge modified the CA store while trying certificates that shared a subject name during pki.verifyCertificateChain(). A failed chain verification could permanently remove trusted CA certificates from the store, causing later valid chains to fail and creating a persistent availability impact for applications that reused the store. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on digitalbazaar forge, node-forge, upgrade to a fixed version (1.4.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-4487-j8r4-4g2f
- https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/f6555609bd30f442fbfacd543155928ceccf98d0
- https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.1

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