MEDIUM5.3

GHSA-2r2c-g63r-vccr

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in `node-forge`

Quick fix

GHSA-2r2c-g63r-vccr — node-forge: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install node-forge@1.3.0

Details

### 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:security@digitalbazaar.com)

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Affected packages

npm/node-forge

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.3.0

Fixnpm install node-forge@1.3.0

References

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]