CVE-2021-40495

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-10-12 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

There are multiple Denial-of Service vulnerabilities in SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP and ABAP Platform - versions 740, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755. An unauthorized attacker can use the public SICF service /sap/public/bc/abap to reduce the performance of SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP and ABAP Platform.

Affected products

SAP SE SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP (RFC Gateway): 740, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754 (+1)
SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP and ABAP Platform: 740, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754 (+1)

References

https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3099011
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=587169983
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3099011
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=587169983

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