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CVE-2025-12816

CVE detail

CVE-2025-12816

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.

CVSS 8.6 · HighBuzz score 32.5

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 32.5

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 19.5 · diversity 13.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0

Mention score

19.5

6 evidence mentions in the snapshot

Diversity score

13.0

4 sources across 2 categories

KEV score

0.0

No KEV entry observed

OTX score

0.0

0 OTX pulses

PoC score

0.0

0 repos · best confidence N/A

Best PoC traction

Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions: 0; within the 30d window
Peak daily: 0; highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first

6 source links · newest first

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113www.kb.cert.org
No excerpt available.
Exploitwww.kb.cert.orgNov 25, 2025, 8:15 PM
https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-forgewww.npmjs.com
No excerpt available.
Release Noteswww.npmjs.comNov 25, 2025, 8:15 PM
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521113kb.cert.org
No excerpt available.
Exploitkb.cert.orgNov 25, 2025, 8:15 PM
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-5gfm-wpxj-wjgqgithub.com
No excerpt available.
Exploitgithub.comNov 25, 2025, 8:15 PM
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/pull/1124github.com
No excerpt available.
Exploitgithub.comNov 25, 2025, 8:15 PM
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forgegithub.com
No excerpt available.
Exploitgithub.comNov 25, 2025, 8:15 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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0 repository references · best confidence N/A · max 0 stars

No public PoC repositories have been matched yet.

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External lookup

Potential internet exposure

Potential exposure only — not proof of vulnerability.Shodan results indicate potentially internet-exposed products, not confirmed vulnerable systems. They do not confirm that any returned system is vulnerable to CVE-2025-12816.

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Metadata

Canonical fields

NVD status

Analyzed

Published

Nov 25, 2025

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Official record

Authoritative NVD record

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE IDs

Vendor classifications

How this vector reads

CVSS 3.1 base metrics decoded below. This explanation does not recalculate or change the NVD score.

Attack Vector (AV): Network. The vulnerable system can be reached across network boundaries.
Attack Complexity (AC): Low. No special conditions beyond the attacker-controlled steps are required.
Privileges Required (PR): None. The attacker needs no privileges on the vulnerable system.
User Interaction (UI): None. Exploitation does not require another user to act.
Scope (S): Changed. Impacts can cross into a different security authority.
Confidentiality Impact (C): None. There is no direct impact to this security property.
Integrity Impact (I): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.
Availability Impact (A): None. There is no direct impact to this security property.

Signals

Exploitation indicators

0 stored signals · no KEV · 0 OTX pulses