Popular Android apps like Grindr, OkCupid, and others vulnerable to major security flaw: Check Point

A major security flaw, which is rooted in Google’s Play Core Library, is still plaguing many Android apps, including popular names like Grindr, Bumble, Cisco Teams, OkCupid, according to an analysis done by security researchers at Check Point Software Technologies. The bug, which Google had fixed back in April 2020, is still impacting many apps as the developers are yet to fix the flaw, and consequently million of users are at risk, says Check Point Security Research.

The vulnerability, which is named CVE-2020-8913 allows cyber criminals to inject malicious code into vulnerable apps and then execute this code to gain access to all resources of the hosting app.