SB2026013065 - IBM Maximo Application Suite - Visual Inspection Component update for node-forge
Published: January 30, 2026
Security Bulletin ID
SB2026013065
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Interpretation conflict (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-12816)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass downstream cryptographic verification and security decisions.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect validation of ASN.1 structures within the asn1.validate() function in forge/lib/asn1.js. A remote non-authenticated attacker can use specially crafted ASN.1 structures to desynchronize DER schema validations and bypass downstream cryptographic verification and security decisions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.