SecuriTricks - CVE-2025-42946

Description

Due to directory traversal vulnerability in SAP S/4HANA (Bank Communication Management), an attacker with high privileges and access to a specific transaction and method in Bank Communication Management could gain unauthorized access to sensitive operating system files. This could allow the attacker to potentially read or delete these files hence causing a high impact on confidentiality and low impact on integrity. There is no impact on availability of the system.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Sap	Sap S/4hana	*

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	sap	sap_s/4hana	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://me.sap.com/notes/3614804

https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday

CVSS Score

6.9 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

Attack Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity: LOW
Privileges Required: HIGH
Scope: CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
Integrity Impact: LOW
Availability Impact: NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

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Timeline

Published: Aug. 12, 2025, 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Aug. 12, 2025, 2:25 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

cna@sap.com

CVE-2025-42946