Securing Custom SAPUI5 Applications using the Cybersecurity Extension for SAP
SAPUI5 is the foundation of Fiori applications in SAP solutions such as SAP HANA and S/4HANA. It provides a HTML5 framework for developing flexible and user-friendly applications that perform consistently across all browsers, platforms, and devices, and integrate with ABAP programs using APIs such as OData services. The SAPUI5 library is based on the jQuery […]
SAP Security Notes, August 2022
Note 3102769 was rereleased in August with updated solution information. The workaround detailed in the original note has been moved to the new note 3221696. The workaround provides steps for deactivating the SAP IKS component to address a high priority cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP Knowledge Warehouse. Note 3150454 was also updated to enforce […]
Securing Oracle Databases for SAP
According to Gartner research, 70 percent of SAP customers have yet to migrate to S/4HANA. Based on current rates of adoption, SAP is unlikely to achieve its goal of migrating ECC customers to S/4HANA by 2027. As a result, the majority of SAP solutions continue to be driven by conventional databases. One of the most […]
SAP Security Notes, July 2022
There were several high priority security notes released in July for multiple vulnerabilities in SAP Business One. Note 3212997 patches an information disclosure issue that arises during the integration between Business One and SAP HANA. The vulnerability can be exploited to access privileged account credentials through the HANA cockpit’s data volume. Customers can switch from […]
SAP Security Notes, June 2022
Note 3158375 patches a high priority vulnerability in the SAProuter that can be exploited by attackers to execute administration commands from remote clients. The SAProuter is designed to accept administration commands from local clients only. However, this restriction can be bypassed in installations with specific entries in the saprouttab, the root permission table for the […]
30 Percent of Security Notes in System Recommendations are False Positives
System Recommendations (SysRec) in SAP Solution Manager automatically calculates relevant security notes for SAP systems based on the available software and application components in each system. It provides a cross-system view for required notes using a customizable, user-friendly interface. The use of SysRec is recommended by SAP for the lifecycle management of notes. It connects […]
SAP Security Notes, May 2022
Hot news note 3165801 patches a critical missing authorization check in SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP. The notes introduces an authorization check for object S_OC_SEND to prevent the transmission of the contents of ABAP list output from the System Menu via e-mail. The note impacts all versions of SAP_BASIS from 700 to 788. Notes 2756188 […]
SAP Security Notes, April 2022
The central note 3170990 consolidates security notes for the critical Spring4Shell vulnerability. Spring4Shell is addressed by CVE-2022-22965. This is related to a remote code execution vulnerability in the open-source Java Spring Framework. Successful exploitation requires Apache Tomcat for serving applications built as a WAR file. Notes 3189428, 3187290, 3189429, 3189635 and 3171258 patch Sping4Shell in […]
SAP Security Notes, March 2022
Note 3123396 patches SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP and the Web Dispatcher for CVE-2022-22536. This is related to the ICMAD (Internet Communication Manager Advanced Desync) vulnerability that was the subject of alerts from multiple threat intelligence agencies including CISA and CERT-EU. ICMAD is a memory corruption vulnerability that can be exploited through a single HTTP […]
SAP Security Notes, February 2022
The central note 3131047 was updated with the addition of security notes 3142773 and 3139893 for the critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Apache Log4J 2 component. The new notes patch Log4Shell in SAP Commerce and SAP Dynamic Authorization Management and include manual procedures to apply both patches and workarounds. Note 3140940 patches a […]