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GHSA-G8R3-5HWF-QP96

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-08 23:47 – Updated: 2026-06-08 23:34

Summary

epa4all-client has a VAU Signature bypass

Details

Impact

In SignedPublicKeysTrustValidatorImpl.isTrusted(), the ECDSA signature verification at line 45 discards the boolean return value of Signature.verify(). The method performs certificate chain validation, OCSP check, and signature algorithm setup, but never checks whether the signature actually matches. For any structurally valid signature, it returns true.

Patches

Patched in #34.

Workarounds

None.

Resources

MS-OVIVA-EPA4ALL-d76aec

Credits

Machine Spirits (contact@machinespirits.de) - Dr. rer. nat. Simon Weber - Dipl.-Inf. Volker Schönefeld - Chiara Fliegner

Severity

8.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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  "details": "### Impact\nIn SignedPublicKeysTrustValidatorImpl.isTrusted(), the ECDSA signature verification at line 45 discards the boolean return value of Signature.verify(). The method performs certificate chain validation, OCSP check, and signature algorithm setup, but never checks whether the signature actually matches. For any structurally valid signature, it returns true.\n\n### Patches\nPatched in [#34](https://github.com/oviva-ag/epa4all-client/pull/34).\n\n### Workarounds\nNone.\n\n### Resources\n- [MS-OVIVA-EPA4ALL-d76aec](https://www.machinespirits.com/advisory/d76aec/)\n\n### Credits\n\n[Machine Spirits](https://machinespirits.com) (contact@machinespirits.de)\n- Dr. rer. nat. Simon Weber\n- Dipl.-Inf. Volker Sch\u00f6nefeld\n- Chiara Fliegner",
  "id": "GHSA-g8r3-5hwf-qp96",
  "modified": "2026-06-08T23:34:59Z",
  "published": "2026-05-08T23:47:12Z",
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}

CVE-2026-44900 (GCVE-0-2026-44900)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-26 21:04 – Updated: 2026-05-28 14:12

Title

epa4all-client: VAU Signature bypass

Summary

epa4all-client is the Java Client for epa4all / ePA 3.0 in the Telematik Infrastruktur. Prior to 1.2.1, in SignedPublicKeysTrustValidatorImpl.isTrusted(), the ECDSA signature verification at line 45 discards the boolean return value of Signature.verify(). The method performs certificate chain validation, OCSP check, and signature algorithm setup, but never checks whether the signature actually matches. For any structurally valid signature, it returns true. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.1.

Severity

8.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-05-28 14:12 UTC

CWE

CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/oviva-ag/epa4all-client/securi…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/oviva-ag/epa4all-client/pull/34	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
oviva-ag	epa4all-client	Affected: < 1.2.1
com.oviva.telematik	epa4all-client	Affected: < 1.2.1

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