CVE-2023-32111 — In SAP PowerDesigner (Proxy) - version 16

In SAP PowerDesigner (Proxy) - version 16.7, an attacker can send a crafted request from a remote host to the proxy machine and crash the proxy server, due to faulty implementation of memory management causing a memory corruption. This leads to a high impact on availability of th

01What is this vulnerability?

In SAP PowerDesigner (Proxy) - version 16.7, an attacker can send a crafted request from a remote host to the proxy machine and crash the proxy server, due to faulty implementation of memory management causing a memory corruption. This leads to a high impact on availability of the application.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
SAP_SE	SAP PowerDesigner (Proxy)	16.7

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-05-09T01:38:07.696Z
• Last modified: 2025-01-28T19:05:38.871Z

09References

• launchpad.support.sap.com — https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3300624
• www.sap.com — https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html