ePA 3.x Integration: HTTP Header Injection in VAU Inner Requests
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
ePA 3.x Integration implements the authorization workflow and writes Medical Information Objects to Germany's electronic patient record. Prior to 1.3.0, ePA 3.x Integration does not neutralize CRLF characters in values used by app/vau/VAUProtokoll.py to construct VAU inner HTTP requests. The build_inner_header function interpolates the uri, host, accept_type, content_type, content_length, USER_AGENT, and insurant_id values into request lines and headers, including x-useragent and x-insurantid. An authenticated attacker who controls a value can inject additional headers into the inner request. Depending on ePA server handling, an injected x-insurantid header can expose another patient's records, and injected Authorization headers can bypass the intended authentication or authorization context. Session-derived USER_AGENT input can also poison requests across the session. This issue is fixed in version 1.3.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fbeta-GmbH | ePA3-Service-OpenSource | before 1.3.0 | 1.3.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- ePA3-Service-OpenSource Vendorfbeta-GmbH Affected before 1.3.0 Fixed in 1.3.0 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA ePA3-Service-OpenSource (fbeta-GmbH) Fixed in 1.3.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-50576
References
Other 5
- https://github.com/fbeta-GmbH/ePA3-Service-OpenSource/security/advisories/GHSA-j8jg-7fqf-4xx9
- https://github.com/fbeta-GmbH/ePA3-Service-OpenSource/pull/11
- https://github.com/fbeta-GmbH/ePA3-Service-OpenSource/commit/b984d15d261423302de337adae25e84c54e9c2d1
- https://github.com/fbeta-GmbH/ePA3-Service-OpenSource/releases/tag/1.3.0
- https://www.machinespirits.de/advisory/013a60
More fbeta-GmbH vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-37843 ePA 3.x Integration: VAU Server Authentication Bypass via Circular Certificate Trust CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-37299 ePA 3.x Integration: TLS Certificate Verification Universally Disabled CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-37298 ePA 3.x Integration: AES-GCM Nonce Reuse via Frozen VAU Request Counter CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
Sources
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