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CVE-2023-40309 — SAP CommonCryptoLib does not perform necessary authentication checks, which may

SAP CommonCryptoLib does not perform necessary authentication checks, which may result in missing or wrong authorization checks for an authenticated user, resulting in escalation of privileges. Depending on the application and the level of privileges acquired, an attacker could a

CVSS
9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS
16.00% (top 63.20%)
CWE
CWE-863
Published
2023-09-12T02:21:19.058Z
Last modified
2024-09-28T22:10:46.845Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

SAP CommonCryptoLib does not perform necessary authentication checks, which may result in missing or wrong authorization checks for an authenticated user, resulting in escalation of privileges. Depending on the application and the level of privileges acquired, an attacker could abuse functionality restricted to a particular user group as well as read, modify or delete restricted data.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
SAP_SESAP CommonCryptoLib8
SAP_SESAP NetWeaver AS ABAP, SAP NetWeaver AS Java and ABAP Platform of S/4HANA onpremise — KERNEL 7.22, KERNEL 7.53, KERNEL 7.54, KERNEL 7.77, KERNEL 7.85, KERNEL 7.89, KERNEL 7.91, KERNEL 7.92, KERNEL 7.93, KERNEL 8.04, KERNEL64UC 7.22, KERNEL64UC 7.22EXT, KERNEL64UC 7.53, KERNEL64UC 8.04, KERNEL64NUC 7.22, KERNEL64NUC 7.22EXT
SAP_SESAP Web Dispatcher7.22EXT, 7.53, 7.54, 7.77, 7.85, 7.89
SAP_SESAP Content Server6.50, 7.53, 7.54
SAP_SESAP HANA Database2.00
SAP_SESAP Host Agent722
SAP_SESAP Extended Application Services and Runtime (XSA)SAP_EXTENDED_APP_SERVICES 1, XS_ADVANCED_RUNTIME 1.00
SAP_SESAPSSOEXT17

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

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

09References

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