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TI-2026-37299 Aliases CVE-2026-50578

ePA 3.x Integration: TLS Certificate Verification Universally Disabled

Priority LOW 39CWE-295Published · Updated

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

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0031 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ePA3-Service-OpenSource (fbeta-GmbH): 1.3.0

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
fbeta-GmbHePA3-Service-OpenSourcebefore 1.3.01.3.0Patch availableCNA
  • 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

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-50578

References

  • 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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