CVE-2025-42946

Sensitive file read or deletion via directory traversal

Published Aug 12, 2025 · Updated Aug 13, 2025

Directory traversal in SAP S/4HANA Bank Communication Management allows remote authenticated users to read or delete sensitive OS files. The affected transaction and method fail to restrict a supplied path to the intended directory; SAP has not disclosed their names. Exploitation requires high privileges and adjacent-network access to that transaction and method, and SAP reports no service interruption.

CVSS severity6.9
Medium
EPSS probability0.92%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Directory traversal in SAP S/4HANA Bank Communication Management allows remote authenticated users to read or delete sensitive OS files. The affected transaction and method fail to restrict a supplied path to the intended directory; SAP has not disclosed their names. Exploitation requires high privileges and adjacent-network access to that transaction and method, and SAP reports no service interruption.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-42946
Published
Aug 12, 2025
Updated
Aug 13, 2025
Vendor
SAP SE
Product
SAP S/4HANA (Bank Communication Management)
Classifications
CWE-22, T1005
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=103
  2. Affected versionversion=104
  3. Affected versionversion=105
  4. Affected versionversion=106
  5. Affected versionversion=107
  6. Affected versionversion=108
  7. Affected versionversion=618
  8. Affected versionversion=720
  9. Affected versionversion=730
  10. Affected versionversion=S4CORE 102
  11. Affected versionversion=SAP_APPL 606
  12. Affected versionversion=SAP_FIN 617

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

SAP SE · SAP S/4HANA (Bank Communication Management)version=103; version=104; version=105; version=106; version=107; version=108; version=618; version=720; version=730; version=S4CORE 102; version=SAP_APPL 606; version=SAP_FIN 617

Published CVSS scores

6.9SAP SECVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
T1005Data from Local System

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