ETK-2026-2728Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.

{
  "etk_id": "ETK-2026-2728",
  "cve_id": null,
  "display_id": "ETK-2026-2728",
  "ghsa_id": "GHSA-8hrf-8g6f-7xwp",
  "euvd_id": null,
  "status": "published",
  "anchor_state": "awaiting_cve",
  "title": "TLS record handling denial of service in node-forge",
  "summary": "node-forge TLS connections created through its TLS APIs are affected by an uncaught exception during fragmented handshake processing. An unauthenticated peer that can connect to a forge TLS endpoint, or a server contacted by a forge TLS client, can terminate a Node.js process when the application uses the documented socket wiring.",
  "mitigation": "Upgrade node-forge to version 1.4.1. Until upgrading, wrap every call to `connection.process()` in `try`/`catch` and close or destroy the affected socket after an exception.",
  "vendor": "npm",
  "product": "npm:node-forge",
  "affected": [
    {
      "affected_notes": [],
      "affected_ranges": [
        "<= 1.4.0"
      ],
      "ecosystem": "npm",
      "fixed_versions": [
        "1.4.1"
      ],
      "package_name": "node-forge",
      "purl": "pkg:npm/node-forge"
    }
  ],
  "cwes": [
    248
  ],
  "cvss_score": 7.5,
  "cvss_src": "cna_vendor",
  "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
  "epss_score": null,
  "epss_percentile": null,
  "epss_asof": null,
  "automation": "contextual",
  "check": false,
  "check_confidence_basis": null,
  "exploit": false,
  "pipeline_minutes": 8.105427983333334,
  "t0_at": null,
  "signals": {
    "trigger_signal": {
      "at": "2026-10-27T05:02:48+00:00",
      "days": -0.1277597524537037,
      "is_lower_bound": true,
      "measured_at": "2026-10-27T08:06:46.486660+00:00",
      "url": "https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-8hrf-8g6f-7xwp"
    }
  }
}