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CVE-2023-27269: Directory Traversal vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP and ABAP Platform

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP and ABAP Platform - versions 700, 701, 702, 731, 740, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 791, allows an attacker with non-administrative authorizations to exploit a directory traversal flaw in an available service to overwrite the system files.  In this attack, no data can be read but potentially critical OS files can be overwritten making the system unavailable.

Affected products

• SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP and ABAP Platform: 700, 701, 702, 731, 740, 750 (+8)

References

• https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3294595
• https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html
• https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3294595
• https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html

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