# CVE-2023-27895: Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP Authenticator for Android

> An attacker with a malicious app on the device can capture the screen to read OTPs and secret tokens during setup.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 27 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2cq9-m45r-6prx

## What is CVE-2023-27895?

CVE-2023-27895 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Authenticator for Android, published on 14 Mar 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

SAP Authenticator for Android - version 1.3.0, allows the screen to be captured, if an authorized attacker installs a malicious app on the mobile device. The attacker could extract the currently views of the OTP and the secret OTP alphanumeric token during the token setup. On successful exploitation, an attacker can read some sensitive information but cannot modify and delete the data.

Weakness: CWE-267 (Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-27895?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Authenticator.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-27895?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-27895 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-27895 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-27895 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP Authenticator for Android

- [CVE-2022-35290](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35290/): Information disclosure in SAP Authenticator for Android (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-27895 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-27895 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Authenticator for Android, published on 14 Mar 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-27895 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP Authenticator for Android. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27895/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27895/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-27895
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27895
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-27895

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27895/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.