CVE-2021-40504

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% 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-863

Description

A certain template role in SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP and ABAP Platform - versions 700, 701, 702, 710, 711, 730, 731, 740, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, contains transport authorizations, which exceed expected display only permissions.

Affected products

SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP and ABAP Platform: 700, 701, 702, 710, 711, 730 (+9)

References

https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3105728
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=589496864
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3105728
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=589496864

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