Unauthenticated request smuggling via HTTP request concatenation
Published Feb 9, 2022 · Updated Oct 21, 2025
Request smuggling in SAP Web Dispatcher, SAP Content Server 7.53, and SAP NetWeaver platforms allows remote attackers to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability via crafted HTTP requests. Internet Communication Manager request parsing accepts attacker-prepended data, causing request concatenation that can impersonate a victim request or poison intermediary caches. No authentication or user interaction is required, and exploitation can reach complete system compromise.
Summary
What happened
Request smuggling in SAP Web Dispatcher, SAP Content Server 7.53, and SAP NetWeaver platforms allows remote attackers to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability via crafted HTTP requests. Internet Communication Manager request parsing accepts attacker-prepended data, causing request concatenation that can impersonate a victim request or poison intermediary caches. No authentication or user interaction is required, and exploitation can reach complete system compromise.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-22536
- Published
- Feb 9, 2022
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Vendor
- SAP SE
- Product
- SAP Web Dispatcher
- Classifications
- CWE-444, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 9, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 21, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=7.22EXT
- Affected versionversion=7.49
- Affected versionversion=7.53
- Affected versionversion=7.77
- Affected versionversion=7.81
- Affected versionversion=7.85
- Affected versionversion=7.86
- Affected versionversion=7.87
What conditions does exploitation require?
What is affected?
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
Daily unique IPs observed by Shadowserver honeypots for known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs). Missing observations do not establish an absence of attacks.
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| Reporting day | Unique IPs |
|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | Unavailable |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Unavailable |
| Sep 12, 2026 | Unavailable |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 1 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 2 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 2 |
Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- CVE-2022-22536 SAP Request Smuggling Scannerproof of concept · unverified
- CVE-2022-22536 exploitproof of concept · unverified
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Reported exploitation
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability listingknown exploited catalog
Technologies
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