CVE-2023-27500: Directory Traversal vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP and ABAP Platform

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 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

An attacker with non-administrative authorizations can exploit a directory traversal flaw in program SAPRSBRO to over-write system files. In this attack, no data can be read but potentially critical OS files can be over-written making the system unavailable.

Affected products

SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP and ABAP Platform: 700, 701, 702, 731, 740, 750 (+7)

References

https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3302162
https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3302162
https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html

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