CVE-2026-118464: CompuGroup Medical shared cryptographic services hardcoded secrets

CVE-2026-118464 · Severity: info · Published 2026-11-09

CompuGroup Medical software for pharmacies and medical practices uses inadequate cryptographic protection with fixed, vendor-wide secrets and predictable parameters to protect sensitive data. An attacker with local system access could decrypt or modify protected credentials, configuration data, and patient clinical information, compromising confidentiality and integrity across all affected installations.

Vendors: CompuGroup Medical.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-118464 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-118464 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-118464?
Informational severity, published 9 November 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
CompuGroup Medical Software suite for pharmacies and medical practices.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-118464?
A patch was published on 2026-11-04: Fix automatically distributed to all affected installations before public disclosure Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-118464 attacked?
It is attacked with local access.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-118464?
Check whether you run CompuGroup Medical Software suite for pharmacies and medical practices. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

CVE-2026-118464 involves shared cryptographic services that use hardcoded secrets common across all installations, deterministic initialization vectors, null salt values, and reversible transformations to protect credentials and configuration data. A local attacker with limited privileges can exploit this to access or alter protected information. The advisory references multiple products in the CompuGroup Medical portfolio; a fix has been automatically distributed to all affected installations.

Affected products

  • CompuGroup Medical Software suite for pharmacies and medical practices

Timeline

  • 2026-11-09: disclosed
  • 2026-11-04: patched: Fix automatically distributed to all affected installations before public disclosure

References

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