Authenticator vulnerable to Remote Code Execution_CVE-2026-33874

7.8 / 10

HIGH

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

Description

Gematik Authenticator securely authenticates users for login to digital health applications. Starting in version 4.12.0 and prior to version 4.16.0, the Mac OS version of the Authenticator is vulnerable to remote code execution, triggered when victims open a malicious file. Update the gematik Authenticator to version 4.16.0 or greater to receive a patch. There are no known workarounds.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-33874

Source GitHub_M

Published Mar 27, 2026 at 20:23

Modified Mar 31, 2026 at 18:54

Affected Product

Vendor gematik

Product app-Authenticator

Version >= 4.12.0, < 4.16.0

Affected Versions gematik app-Authenticator >= 4.12.0, < 4.16.0

CWE Classification

CWE-78

References

github.com /gematik/app-Authenticator/security/advisories/GHSA-mjgm-7hwc-qqcr

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