HIGH

CVE-2025-12816

CVSS v3

8.6

HIGH

EPSS Score

0.7 %

exploit probability, as of 2026-10-16

CISA KEV

known exploited

Exploitation

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SSVC status

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Affected and fixed versions

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

node-forgenpmall versions · fixed in 1.3.2

Vendor advisories

CVE-2025-12816 Red Hat Product Security528 products fixed · 38 known affected
node-forge: node-forge: Interpretation conflict vulnerability allows bypassing cryptographic verifications
openshift-logging/elasticsearch-operator-bundle as a component of Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift · openshift-logging/elasticsearch-proxy-rhel9 as a component of Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift · openshift-logging/elasticsearch-rhel9-operator as a component of Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
RHSA-2026:41944 Red Hat Product Security78 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.19.20 security, enhancement & bug fix update
RHSA-2026:41941 Red Hat Product Security68 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.18.25 security, enhancement & bug fix update
RHSA-2026:41928 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Containers
RHSA-2026:40984 Red Hat Product Security88 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.20.15 security, enhancement & bug fix update
RHSA-2026:20041 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.19.32 bug fix and security update

34 more advisories

Full record on NVD

Description

An interpretation-conflict (CWE-436) vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and earlier enables unauthenticated attackers to craft ASN.1 structures to desynchronize schema validations, yielding a semantic divergence that may bypass downstream cryptographic verifications and security decisions.

Technical details

Published: 2025-11-25

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-12816?

Is CVE-2025-12816 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2025-12816 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.7% on 2026-10-16, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-12816?

CVE-2025-12816 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.6 (HIGH severity).

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