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CVE-2021-40503

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-11-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-522

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in SAP GUI for Windows - versions < 7.60 PL13, 7.70 PL4, which allows an attacker with sufficient privileges on the local client-side PC to obtain an equivalent of the user’s password. With this highly sensitive data leaked, the attacker would be able to logon to the backend system the SAP GUI for Windows was connected to and launch further attacks depending on the authorizations of the user.

Affected products

• SAP_SE SAP GUI for Windows: before 7.60; 7.60, 7.60-patch_level1, 7.60-patch_level10, 7.60-patch_level11, 7.60-patch_level12, 7.60-patch_level2 (+12) — fixed in 7.60

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SAP_SE SAP GUI for Windows 7.60. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3080106
• https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=589496864
• https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3080106
• https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=589496864

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