ePA 3.x Integration: TLS Certificate Verification Universally Disabled
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.
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 disables TLS certificate verification for both ePA connections in app/vau/VAUProtokoll.py and Konnektor connections in app/konnektor/Konnektor.py. A network-positioned attacker can present an arbitrary certificate, terminate the TLS connection, and intercept ePA traffic. The VAU protocol does not provide an effective fallback because its application-layer certificate validation is also broken in affected versions. The Konnektor session uses self.session.verify set to False while the client authenticates with self.session.cert, so an attacker impersonating the Konnektor can receive the client's mutual TLS certificate exchange and observe smartcard operations. 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
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
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-2026-50578
References
Other 5
- https://github.com/fbeta-GmbH/ePA3-Service-OpenSource/security/advisories/GHSA-j9m9-pmwv-hwwr
- https://github.com/fbeta-GmbH/ePA3-Service-OpenSource/pull/9
- https://github.com/fbeta-GmbH/ePA3-Service-OpenSource/commit/0d94a76aa4d57a849f0c18fb3d6d337ec2505170
- https://github.com/fbeta-GmbH/ePA3-Service-OpenSource/releases/tag/1.3.0
- https://www.machinespirits.de/advisory/4b68b0
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-2026-37298 ePA 3.x Integration: AES-GCM Nonce Reuse via Frozen VAU Request Counter CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
- TI-2026-37297 ePA 3.x Integration: HTTP Header Injection in VAU Inner Requests CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
Sources
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