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THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-33896 (HIGH 7.4) — 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`

[NVD] CVE-2026-33896 (HIGH 7.4) — 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`

lownvdPublished 2026-03-27

CVE-2026-33896 CVSS: 7.4 HIGH Published: 2026-03-27T21:17:26.320

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 certi

MITRE ATT&CK techniques

JavaScriptT1059.007

Indicators of compromise

CVE-2026-33896cve

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33896