CDAC-Noida e-Sushrut Hospital Management Information System hard-coded key

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in CDAC-Noida e-Sushrut Hospital Management Information System. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes hard-coded key. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-42518. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in CDAC-Noida e-Sushrut Hospital Management Information System (affected version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded key vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-321. The use of a hard-coded cryptographic key significantly increases the possibility that encrypted data may be recovered. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

This vulnerability exists in e-Sushrut due to disclosure of sensitive information and hardcoded AES encryption keys in client-side JavaScript. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing the client-side code to extract sensitive information and cryptographic keys. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to exposure of sensitive data and compromise of cryptographic protections on the targeted system.

The weakness was shared by Harsh Verma as CIVN-2026-0207. The advisory is shared at cert-in.org.in. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-42518 since 04/28/2026. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600.001 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-26204). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• CDAC-Noida

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• e-Sushrut Hospital Management Information System

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