Administrative access via stale Firefighter session reuse
Published Sep 13, 2022 · Updated Jun 10, 2025
Improper authentication in SAP Access Control Emergency Access Management allows remote authenticated users to resume closed Firefighter sessions. The Firefighter Logon Pad leaves a closed Firefighter session accessible instead of invalidating its authenticated administrative session state. The attacker must have authenticated access from within the firewall; successful reuse grants the Firefighter session's administrative privileges and permits complete application compromise.
Summary
What happened
Improper authentication in SAP Access Control Emergency Access Management allows remote authenticated users to resume closed Firefighter sessions. The Firefighter Logon Pad leaves a closed Firefighter session accessible instead of invalidating its authenticated administrative session state. The attacker must have authenticated access from within the firewall; successful reuse grants the Firefighter session's administrative privileges and permits complete application compromise.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-39801
- Published
- Sep 13, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 10, 2025
- Vendor
- SAP SE
- Product
- SAP Access Control Emergency Access Management
- Classifications
- CWE-287, T1078
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 13, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 10, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=V1100_700
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- Affected versionversion=V1200_750
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