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.
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
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- Aug 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=103
- Affected versionversion=104
- Affected versionversion=105
- Affected versionversion=106
- Affected versionversion=107
- Affected versionversion=108
- Affected versionversion=618
- Affected versionversion=720
- Affected versionversion=730
- Affected versionversion=S4CORE 102
- Affected versionversion=SAP_APPL 606
- Affected versionversion=SAP_FIN 617
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