SAP Security Notes, January 2023
Hot news note 3089413 patches a critical capture-replay vulnerability that can lead to authentication bypass in SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP (AS ABAP). The vulnerability is caused by the failure to use unique hashes for system identification. Note 3089413 includes corrections for the SAP kernel and the SAP Basis component. The corrections must be applied […]
SAP Security Notes, December 2022
Hot news notes 3267780 and 3273480 patch critical broken authentication vulnerabilities in SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java (AS Java). Threat actors can exploit the vulnerabilities to attach to an open interface exposed through JNDI by the Messaging System and User Defined Search (UDS) of SAP NetWeaver AS Java. Once attached, they can make use of […]
SAP Security Notes, November 2022
Hot news note 3243924 for CVE-2022-41203 patches a critical vulnerability related to insecure deserialization of untrusted data in the Central Management Console (CMC) and BI Launchpad of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (BOBJ). The vulnerability impacts versions 4.2 and 4.3 of BOBJ and can be exploited by threat actors to bypass authentication, inject malicious code, […]
SAP Security Notes, October 2022
Hot news note 3239152 patches a critical URL redirection vulnerability in SAP Commerce Cloud. The vulnerability can be exploited to manipulate URLs and redirect users to logon pages controlled by threat actors. User submissions served by attacker-controlled servers can be used to steal logon credentials and hijack accounts. Note 3239152 includes a fix for specific […]
SAP Security Notes, September 2022
Note 3237075 patches a high priority vulnerability in SAP GRC Access Control that could be exploited by attackers to access Firefighter sessions even after they are closed in the Firefighter Logon Pad. Firefighter IDs are dedicated user identities with elevated privileges that are activated when required and controlled through Emergency Access Management (EAM) in SAP […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]