Custom SAP programs are often vulnerable to dangerous exploits targeting programming flaws. The impact of the exploitation of program vulnerabilities can be devasting in terms of data manipulation or theft and the interruption of business-critical SAP services. Layer Seven Security perform automated static security scans to detect 300+ vulnerabilities in custom SAP code, supporting both ABAP programs and SAPUI5 applications. We integrate directly with SAP development tools including the ABAP Test Cockpit (ATC) and SAP Code Inspector (SCI). We also integrate with the SAP Transport Management System (TMS) to scan and block change requests with security errors or warnings. This ensures custom objects are secured against SQL injection, cross-site scripting, missing or broken authorization checks, unauthorized access to critical tables or sensitive functions, and other programming flaws.
Layer Seven Security integrates directly with standard SAP development and transport tools to automate security gates.
Native integration with SAP ABAP Test Cockpit (ATC) and SAP Code Inspector (SCI).
Integration with the SAP Transport Management System (TMS) to scan and block change requests with security errors or warnings.
Full coverage for code, system and user vulnerability scanning, patch management, compliance monitoring, threat detection, anomaly detection, and incident response.
Layer Seven Security perform deep-stack reviews to identify a wide range of security flaws and logic errors.
Backdoors, rootkits, and hardcoded users.
Missing or broken authorization checks.
Unauthorized table modifications and sensitive function execution.
Layer Seven Security deliver industry-leading protection for custom SAP programs, supporting a significantly higher number of code security checks than SAP Code Vulnerability Analyzer (CVA).
The Cybersecurity Extension for SAP integrates directly with standard SAP development and transport tools to automate security gates.
Native integration with SAP ABAP Test Cockpit (ATC) and SAP Code Inspector (SCI).
Integration with the SAP Transport Management System (TMS) to scan and block change requests with security errors or warnings.
In addition to securing custom code in SAP solutions, Layer Seven Security also supports system and user vulnerability management, patch management, compliance monitoring, threat detection, anomaly detection, and incident response.
Code vulnerability analysis is performed by SAP for standard programs and applications before they are released to customers. Since SAP customers are responsible for maintaining internal developments, performing code vulnerability analysis for custom code ensures you are enforcing the same quality control as standard SAP code. Also, code vulnerability analysis helps identify security weaknesses in custom SAP code before they can be exploited, including issues such as broken authorization checks, SQL injection, code injection, cross-site scripting, directory traversal, and the misuse of sensitive functions or privileges.
Unlike manual reviews, the solution automates code vulnerability analysis at scale across custom SAP developments, enabling faster, more consistent detection of hundreds of vulnerability types with direct integration into SAP development tools and transport workflows.
Yes. New code can be assessed during development. You can also perform targeted scans for specific namespaces or objects that are already deployed to production environments.
It helps organizations reduce risk during modernization by identifying security flaws in custom code that may be carried forward into new environments, while supporting secure remediation as applications are updated, migrated, or re-engineered. Its integration with SAP development and transport processes also helps embed security into transformation programs.
Code vulnerability analysis helps organizations demonstrate that custom SAP developments are reviewed against security standards and that vulnerabilities, unsafe coding practices, and unauthorized access logic are identified and addressed in a controlled way. This strengthens audit readiness and supports more consistent secure development procedures. Layer Seven Security assess code against the industry-standard Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) framework from MITRE.
Yes. Periodic scans can be scheduled to detect vulnerabilities introduced by changes to custom developments. The results can be analyzed in detailed reports.
Code vulnerability analysis can be activated for custom SAP applications in less than 1 hour. The includes installation of an SAP-certified ABAP addon from Layer Seven Security using transaction SAINT.
Yes. There is no significant impact to system performance from code vulnerability scans. Periodic scans can be scheduled during off-peak times to further minimize impact.
Yes. Layer Seven Security support comprehensive static code analysis for custom Fiori / SAP UI5 applications. In contrast, SAP CVA provides limited support for such applications.
The solution performs static security scans to detect 300+ vulnerabilities in custom SAP code, which is significantly more than the 70+ checks performed by SAP CVA.
Yes. The scope of code checks can be customized to include specific authorizations, tables, function modules and other objects. This includes custom objects.
Yes. It integrates with the SAP Transport Management System (TMS) to automatically scan and block change requests that contain security errors or warnings.
Yes, custom code can be scanned in development environments before it is migrated to production. It can also be automatically scanned during a transport request from development to production environments.
Yes. We provide detailed steps to remediate code vulnerabilities with direct links to the vulnerable lines in the relevant objects. We also provide examples of secure coding practices.
The solution helps teams prioritize remediation by rating findings on a low, medium, high, and critical severity scale, enabling developers and security teams to focus first on the most serious vulnerabilities in custom SAP code. This makes it easier to identify and address the issues that present the greatest risk to the security of SAP applications.
Yes. Exemption requests can be created to exempt findings from results. The requests are reviewed and approved by designated owners before exemption.
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