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Our blog is the premier resource for CISOs and SAP security and Basis specialists seeking deep technical insights into the SAP threat landscape. Our research team provides expert analysis on emerging attack vectors targeting S/4HANA, SAP RISE, and SAP BTP, as well as practical guidance on meeting global compliance standards such as NIS2 and SOX. By translating complex vulnerability disclosures into actionable defense strategies, we empower the global SAP community to harden their mission-critical environments and implement proactive monitoring frameworks that bridge the gap between SAP teams and security operations.

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SAP Security Notes, November 2024

Note 3520281 patches a high priority Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the SAP Web Dispatcher. The vulnerability can be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code and fully compromise Web Dispatcher installations. The vulnerability impacts users accessing the administration UI with a browser. The administration UI can be disabled as a workaround. This can be

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Cybersecurity Extension for SAP, Version 5.2: Support for SAP BTP, Critical Access and SOD for SAP ECC, and More

The new release of the Cybersecurity Extension for SAP is scheduled for general availability in October and includes several important enhancements. Version 5.2 includes 40+ alerts for security related incidents in SAP BTP. This includes application changes, remote logins, role changes, role grants to users, and cloud transports. The alerts monitor events logged in the

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SAP Security Notes, October 2024

Hot news note 3479478 was updated for a critical missing authentication check in SAP BusinessObjects (BOBJ) Business Intelligence Platform. The vulnerability can be exploited to compromise logon tickets used for Single Sign-On. The update provides a fix for BOBJ 4.2 SP009. The notes includes details of a workaround that will disable trusted authentication in the

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Security Logging and Alerting for SAP BTP

SAP BTP is a cloud platform that is intended to decouple SAP customizations required by customers from underlying SAP solutions. As part of SAP’s drive for a clean core and to promote a modular architecture, BTP enables organizations to enhance and extend the capabilities of their SAP solutions by deploying custom code, integrations and other

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SAP Security Notes, September 2024

Note 3459935 was updated in September with revised solution details to patch a high priority information disclosure vulnerability in SAP Commerce Cloud. Some OCC API endpoints in SAP Commerce Cloud allow Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data, such as passwords, to be included in the request URL as query or path parameters. The impacted endpoints are

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New Whitepaper: NIS2 Compliance for SAP Solutions

The Network and Information Security (NIS2) Directive takes effect on October 17 and imposes significant requirements on organizations for cybersecurity and incident reporting. NIS2 mandates strict standards for cybersecurity and incident reporting for organizations that are based in the European Union or provide services within the EU. It is targeted at essential and important organizations

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SAP Security Notes, August 2024

Hot news note 3477196 deals with a critical Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in applications built with SAP Build Apps. SAP Build Apps are vulnerable to CVE-2024-29415 due to the use of an older version of an Nodejs library included in software components for AppGyver. AppGyver is an open-source development platform used by SAP Build

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CrowdStrike Outage: Lessons Learned for SAP Solutions

The fallout of the recent worldwide systems outage has far-reaching consequences for cybersecurity. The outage is estimated to impact 8.5 million devices powered by Microsoft Windows operating systems. The cause of the outage is a corrupted update for an agent used for the Falcon security platform from CrowdStrike. Falcon uses a cloud architecture with servers,

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SAP Security Notes, July 2024

Note 3483344 addresses a high-risk missing authentication check in SAP Product Design Cost Estimation (PDCE), included in the S4CORE component of SAP S/4HANA. The vulnerability can be exploited to escalate privileges and read sensitive information. The correction included in the note deactivates the affected functions to remove the vulnerability. There is no workaround provided by

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SAP Security Notes, June 2024

Note 3460407 patches a high priority denial of service vulnerability in the Meta Model Repository of SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java (AS Java). The vulnerability impacts version 7.50 of the software component MMR_SERVER. There are no workarounds available. Note 3457592 deals with reflected and stored cross-site scripting vulnerabilities SAP Financial Consolidation reported in CVE-2024-37177 and

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Cybersecurity Extension for SAP version 5.1

S/4HANA Access Risk Analysis, SAP RISE Compliance, SAP ETD Benchmarking and More The new release of the Cybersecurity Extension for SAP is scheduled for general availability in May and includes several important enhancements. Version 5.1 includes coverage for critical access and segregation of duties in SAP S/4HANA. It performs more than 700 checks for access

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SAP Security Notes, May 2024

Hot news note 3448171 patches a critical file upload vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP and ABAP Platform. The correction delivered in the note changes the default configuration to prevent file uploads without signatures in the FILESYSTEM and SOMU_DB of the Content Repository. The workaround detailed in the note provides manual steps for applying

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