CVE-2020-26838

CRITICAL
9.1
CVSS Score
Published: December 9, 2020 at 04:31 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:08 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorBusiness WarehouseBw /4hana

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Severity
CRITICAL9.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

SAP Business Warehouse, versions - 700, 701, 702, 731, 740, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 782, and SAP BW4HANA, versions - 100, 200 allows an attacker authenticated with (high) developer privileges to submit a crafted request to generate and execute code without requiring any user interaction. It is possible to craft a request which will result in the execution of Operating System commands leading to Code Injection vulnerability which could completely compromise the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the server and any data or other applications running on it.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 700v < 701v < 702v < 731v < 740v < 750v < 751v < 752v < 753v < 754v < 755v < 782700701702731740750751752753754755782
Affected range stops below 700, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 701, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 702, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 731, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 740, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 750, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 751, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 752, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 753, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 754, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 755, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 782, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 100v < 200100200
Affected range stops below 100, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 200, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78

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