Directory Traversal in SAP S/4HANA BCM Enables OS File Read/Write
CVE-2025-42946 Published on August 12, 2025
Directory Traversal vulnerability in SAP S/4HANA (Bank Communication Management)
Due to directory traversal vulnerability in SAP S/4HANA (Bank Communication Management), an attacker with high privileges and access to a specific transaction and method in Bank Communication Management could gain unauthorized access to sensitive operating system files. This could allow the attacker to potentially read or delete these files hence causing a high impact on confidentiality and low impact on integrity. There is no impact on availability of the system.
Vulnerability Analysis
Weakness Type
What is a Directory traversal Vulnerability?
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
CVE-2025-42946 has been classified to as a Directory traversal vulnerability or weakness.
Affected Versions
SAP_SE SAP S/4HANA (Bank Communication Management):- Version SAP_APPL 606 is affected.
- Version SAP_FIN 617 is affected.
- Version 618 is affected.
- Version 720 is affected.
- Version 730 is affected.
- Version S4CORE 102 is affected.
- Version 103 is affected.
- Version 104 is affected.
- Version 105 is affected.
- Version 106 is affected.
- Version 107 is affected.
- Version 108 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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