MEDIUM 5.3 npm

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in `node-forge`

GHSA-2r2c-g63r-vccr · CVE-2022-24773

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Description

Impact

RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification code is not properly checking DigestInfo for a proper ASN.1 structure. This can lead to successful verification with signatures that contain invalid structures but a valid digest.

Patches

The issue has been addressed in node-forge 1.3.0.

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