CVE-2026-57826

The openHiTLS library (versions 0.2.0 through 0.3.2 ) contains a vulnerability in its X.509 certificate chain verification process. The root cause is that the software only verifies the basic constraints extension and CA flag processing for v3 certificates , while completely ignoring v1 and v2 ce...

CVE-2026-33896 Forge has a basicConstraints bypass in its certificate chain verification (RFC 5280 violation)

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...

GHSA-2328-F5F3-GJ25 Forge has a basicConstraints bypass in its certificate chain verification (RFC 5280 violation)

Summary 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-for...