RFC Inbound Auth Bypass Enables Privilege Escalation
CVE-2025-42989 Published on June 10, 2025
Missing Authorization check in SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP
RFC inbound processingdoes not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated user, resulting in escalation of privileges. On successful exploitation the attacker could critically impact both integrity and availability of the application.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-42989 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?
The software does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
CVE-2025-42989 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-42989
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Affected Versions
SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP:- Version KERNEL 7.89 is affected.
- Version 7.93 is affected.
- Version 9.14 is affected.
- Version 9.15 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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