CVE-2026-54374 in VitaFit
Summary
by MITRE • 11/05/2026
VitaFit Android application (com.vt.vitafit) before 2.8.1.0 contains a hardcoded credentials vulnerability that allows attackers to extract confidential third-party integration secrets by decompiling the APK. Attackers can retrieve embedded WeChat, Tencent QQ, and Fitbit credentials from the decompiled application to abuse the active third-party application registrations.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 11/05/2026
The VitaFit Android application, specifically versions prior to 2.8.1.0, suffers from a critical security flaw classified as hardcoded credentials within its source code structure. This vulnerability arises from the improper handling of sensitive authentication data during the software development lifecycle, where third-party integration secrets are embedded directly into the compiled binary rather than being retrieved securely at runtime or stored in protected system-level storage mechanisms. The affected application integrates with major external services including WeChat, Tencent QQ, and Fitbit to facilitate social sharing and fitness tracking features. By embedding API keys, client IDs, and potentially secret tokens within the APK file itself, the developers have created a static attack surface that does not rotate or change based on user context or environment, thereby exposing these credentials to any party with access to the application binary.
The operational impact of this vulnerability is significant because it allows attackers to extract confidential third-party integration secrets through standard reverse engineering techniques such as decompiling the APK file using tools like apktool or JADX. Once an attacker obtains a copy of the vulnerable application version, they can easily parse the resource files and source code artifacts to locate plaintext strings corresponding to API keys for WeChat, QQ, and Fitbit. These credentials are not encrypted nor obfuscated sufficiently to prevent extraction by automated scripts or manual inspection. The possession of these valid integration secrets enables attackers to abuse active third-party application registrations, potentially allowing them to impersonate the VitaFit service in interactions with external platforms, manipulate user data shared via these integrations, or exhaust API rate limits associated with those accounts.
From a threat modeling perspective, this vulnerability aligns closely with CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials, which describes situations where authentication information is hardcoded into source code rather than being stored in secure configuration files or environment variables. Furthermore, the exploitation technique falls under MITRE ATT&CK tactic TA0002: Execution and specifically relates to techniques involving software supply chain compromise or reverse engineering for credential harvesting. The ability to extract these secrets facilitates further malicious activities such as unauthorized data access, social engineering attacks leveraging compromised account links, or denial of service against the third-party services if rate limits are triggered by automated abuse scripts running with valid credentials.
Mitigation strategies must focus on removing all hardcoded sensitive information from the application binary immediately. Developers should migrate to secure storage mechanisms provided by the Android operating system, such as the Android Keystore System for cryptographic keys or encrypted shared preferences for other secrets, ensuring that data is protected at rest and only accessible within the app's sandboxed environment. Additionally, implementing code obfuscation tools like ProGuard or R8 can add a layer of difficulty for attackers attempting to reverse engineer the application, although this should not be relied upon as the sole defense against hardcoded credentials since determined adversaries can still bypass such measures. It is also critical to rotate all exposed API keys and secrets immediately across WeChat, Tencent QQ, and Fitbit platforms to invalidate any potentially compromised data obtained by malicious actors prior to the patch deployment. Future development processes must enforce strict code review policies that flag and reject any commit containing hardcoded secrets, integrating static application security testing tools into the CI/CD pipeline to detect such issues before release.