CVE-2026-33896

CRITICALNVD 9.19.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

This critical-severity CVE scores 9.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.5% (41st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.

Triggered by: Headline CVSS from NVD CVSS v3
Sources: EPSS, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — Patch released this weekElevated
9.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • CISA's Vulnrichment rates exploitation as PoC; EchelonGraph holds no exploit-code reference for it
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.5%CVSS: 9.1Exploit: No code on recordExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
9.1
EG Score
9.1CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
57
EG Risk 57/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity91% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.1 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation40% × 40%
EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
0.5%
EPSS %ILE
41st
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.1): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.1 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.1 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.NVD CVSS v3 · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
EG Likelihood
0.5% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-22). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track* at medium mission impactTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

March 27, 2026

Last Modified

September 4, 2026

Advisory Details (9)

Auto-updated Sep 15, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github, redhat.
GitHub advisoryMentions a patch (unverified)

basicConstraints bypass in certificate chain verification (RFC 5280 violation) · Advisory · digitalbazaar/forge · GitHub

https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-2328-f5f3-gj25
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

2452458 – (CVE-2026-33896) CVE-2026-33896 node-forge: Forge (node-forge): Certificate validation bypass allows unauthorized certificate issuance

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452458
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

CVE-2026-33896 - Red Hat Customer Portal

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or OpenShift Container Platform 4, is affected by this vulnerability and a fix may be released to a

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33896
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:9742
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34342
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24761
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13826
GitHub commit

commit 2e492832fb25 (digitalbazaar/forge)

Fix landed in digitalbazaar/forge commit 2e492832fb25 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/2e492832fb25227e6b647cbe1ac981c123171e90

Patch Availability(5)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatrhceph/rhceph-9-rhel10:17908435272026-10-21redhat
redhatcluster-observability-operator/logging-console-plugin-pf4-rhel9:17828392792026-07-01redhat
redhatautomation-gateway-0:2.5.20260422-3.el9ap2026-06-09redhat
redhatrhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9:17779032622026-05-05redhat
redhatrhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9:17767842862026-04-22redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
node-forge—
  • every version up to 1.4.0: fixed in 1.4.0
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 21× in last 7d / 54× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 98 of 273 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 2 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 175 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-23 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
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  3. 2026-10-23 01:33 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-22 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
  5. 2026-10-22 03:10 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-22 03:10 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-21 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
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  10. 2026-10-20 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
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  13. 2026-10-19 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
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  15. 2026-10-19 08:15 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-18 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
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  22. 2026-10-16 16:41 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
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  1. 2026-10-15 14:52 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-15 14:52 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-14 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
  4. 2026-10-14 09:21 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-14 09:21 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-13 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
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  8. 2026-10-13 06:43 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-10-12 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
  10. 2026-10-12 16:13 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-12 08:24 UTCVendor advisory
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-33896?
CVE-2026-33896 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on March 27, 2026. 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.…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-33896 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-33896 was published on March 27, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of September 4, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-33896 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-33896 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (41st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-33896?
CVE-2026-33896 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-33896?
A fix for CVE-2026-33896 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-33896 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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