CVE-2022-24771 (High) detected in node-forge-0.7.3.tgz

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CVE-2022-24771 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - node-forge-0.7.3.tgz

JavaScript implementations of network transports, cryptography, ciphers, PKI, message digests, and various utilities.

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/node-forge/-/node-forge-0.7.3.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/node-forge/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• speech-1.1.0.tgz (Root Library)
  • google-gax-0.14.5.tgz
    • google-auto-auth-0.9.6.tgz
      • google-auth-library-1.3.1.tgz
        • gtoken-2.1.1.tgz
          • google-p12-pem-1.0.0.tgz
            • ❌ node-forge-0.7.3.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

Forge (also called node-forge) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. Prior to version 1.3.0, RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification code is lenient in checking the digest algorithm structure. This can allow a crafted structure that steals padding bytes and uses unchecked portion of the PKCS#1 encoded message to forge a signature when a low public exponent is being used. The issue has been addressed in node-forge version 1.3.0. There are currently no known workarounds.

Publish Date: 2022-03-18

URL: CVE-2022-24771

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-24771

Release Date: 2022-03-18

Fix Resolution (node-forge): 1.3.0

Direct dependency fix Resolution (@google-cloud/speech): 4.0.0

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