Exposure Notifications Security Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-24722

An issue was discovered in the GAEN (aka Google/Apple Exposure Notifications) protocol through 2020-10-05, as used in COVID-19 applications on Android and iOS. The encrypted metadata block with a TX value lacks a checksum, allowing bitflipping to amplify a contamination attack. This can cause...

CVE-2020-24721

An issue was discovered in the GAEN (aka Google/Apple Exposure Notifications) protocol through 2020-09-29, as used in COVID-19 applications on Android and iOS. It allows a user to be put in a position where he or she can be coerced into proving or disproving an exposure notification, because of...