CVE-2026-118779

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["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118779\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118779\nhttps://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/commit/412345db583cd28a9d23636d0d93e9f751b935f3\nhttps://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/releases/tag/v1.4.1\nhttps://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/security/advisories/GHSA-7wch-p9px-956x"], "statement": "Red Hat Product Security rates this vulnerability as Important because an unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger significant CPU consumption and stall service event loops without requiring privileges or user interaction. In affected environments where applications ingest untrusted certificate or key payloads, processing maliciously constructed data can exhaust server resources and disrupt availability for legitimate users. Confidentiality and data integrity remain unaffected, as the weakness cannot be leveraged for remote execution or information exposure.", "threat_severity": "Important"}

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