CVE-2020-6275

Server authentication coercion via malicious session path names

Published Jun 10, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024

Server-side request forgery in SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP allows remote authenticated users to coerce the server into authentication. Session import/export accepts path names containing attacker-controlled server names and directs the web server to authenticate to them. High application privileges and adjacent-network reachability are required; configured NTLM exposes the SAP database to confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise.

CVSS severity7.6
High
EPSS probability1.44%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Server-side request forgery in SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP allows remote authenticated users to coerce the server into authentication. Session import/export accepts path names containing attacker-controlled server names and directs the web server to authenticate to them. High application privileges and adjacent-network reachability are required; configured NTLM exposes the SAP database to confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise.

The record

CVE
CVE-2020-6275
Published
Jun 10, 2020
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Vendor
SAP SE
Product
SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP
Classifications
CWE-918, T1187
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jun 10, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=< 700
  2. Affected versionversion=< 701
  3. Affected versionversion=< 702
  4. Affected versionversion=< 710
  5. Affected versionversion=< 711
  6. Affected versionversion=< 730
  7. Affected versionversion=< 731
  8. Affected versionversion=< 740
  9. Affected versionversion=< 750
  10. Affected versionversion=< 751
  11. Affected versionversion=< 752
  12. Affected versionversion=< 753
  13. Affected versionversion=< 754

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

SAP SE · SAP NetWeaver AS ABAPversion=< 700; version=< 701; version=< 702; version=< 710; version=< 711; version=< 730; version=< 731; version=< 740; version=< 750; version=< 751; version=< 752; version=< 753; version=< 754

Published CVSS scores

7.6SAP SECVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.8NIST NVDAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
9.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-918Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
T1187Forced Authentication

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