diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-audit.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-audit.yml
index bca7b0e57..8d11fba74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-audit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-audit.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         run: npm ci --ignore-scripts --no-audit --no-fund
 
       - name: Audit production vulnerabilities
-        run: npm audit --omit=dev --audit-level=moderate
+        run: node scripts/npm-audit.mjs
 
       - name: Verify registry signatures
         run: npm audit signatures --omit=dev
diff --git a/scripts/npm-audit.mjs b/scripts/npm-audit.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f636d2347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/npm-audit.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// Runs `npm audit --omit=dev` and fails on advisories at or above the audit
+// level, except for advisories that were reviewed and accepted below. Every
+// accepted advisory must name the affected package and explain why it does not
+// apply. Remove an entry once a fixed version is installed; the script warns
+// about entries that no longer match.
+
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+
+const auditLevel = "moderate";
+const severities = ["info", "low", "moderate", "high", "critical"];
+
+/** @type {Record<string, { package: string; reason: string }>} */
+const acceptedAdvisories = {
+	"GHSA-86w9-cpqp-85rv": {
+		package: "node-forge",
+		reason:
+			"No fixed node-forge release exists. It is only reachable through @earendil-works/gondolin in the private, " +
+			"unpublished gondolin example extension. Gondolin only verifies leaf certificates against its own locally " +
+			"generated CA (public exponent 65537), so the low-exponent signature forgery does not apply.",
+	},
+};
+
+const result = spawnSync("npm", ["audit", "--omit=dev", "--json"], { encoding: "utf8", maxBuffer: 64 * 1024 * 1024 });
+if (result.error) {
+	throw result.error;
+}
+
+let report;
+try {
+	report = JSON.parse(result.stdout);
+} catch {
+	process.stderr.write(result.stderr);
+	process.stderr.write(result.stdout);
+	console.error("npm audit did not produce a JSON report.");
+	process.exit(1);
+}
+
+if (report.error) {
+	console.error(`npm audit failed: ${report.error.summary ?? JSON.stringify(report.error)}`);
+	process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const minimumSeverity = severities.indexOf(auditLevel);
+const seenAccepted = new Set();
+const failures = new Map();
+
+for (const vulnerability of Object.values(report.vulnerabilities ?? {})) {
+	for (const via of vulnerability.via) {
+		// String entries point at another vulnerable package, which is reported on its own.
+		if (typeof via === "string") {
+			continue;
+		}
+		const id = via.url?.split("/").pop() ?? String(via.source);
+		const accepted = acceptedAdvisories[id];
+		if (accepted && accepted.package === via.name) {
+			seenAccepted.add(id);
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (severities.indexOf(via.severity) >= minimumSeverity) {
+			failures.set(`${id}:${via.name}`, via);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+for (const id of seenAccepted) {
+	console.log(`Accepted ${id} (${acceptedAdvisories[id].package}): ${acceptedAdvisories[id].reason}`);
+}
+
+for (const id of Object.keys(acceptedAdvisories)) {
+	if (!seenAccepted.has(id)) {
+		console.log(`::warning::Accepted advisory ${id} no longer matches; remove it from scripts/npm-audit.mjs.`);
+	}
+}
+
+if (failures.size > 0) {
+	console.error(`\nFound ${failures.size} unaccepted advisories at or above ${auditLevel}:`);
+	for (const via of failures.values()) {
+		console.error(`- ${via.name} ${via.range} [${via.severity}] ${via.title} ${via.url}`);
+	}
+	process.exit(1);
+}
+
+console.log(`No unaccepted advisories at or above ${auditLevel}.`);