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CVE-2017-9821

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-08-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-798

Description

The National Payments Corporation of India BHIM application 1.3 for Android relies on three hardcoded strings (AK-NPCIMB, IM-NPCIBM, and VK-NPCIBM) for SMS validation, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass authentication.

Affected products

• Npci Bharat Interface For Money (Bhim): 1.3

References

• https://github.com/magicj3lly/appexploits/blob/master/BHIM-App-PreliminaryReport.pdf
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148923
• https://github.com/magicj3lly/appexploits/blob/master/BHIM-App-PreliminaryReport.pdf

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