SAP NetWeaver up to KRNL64UC 7.22 unnecessary privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in SAP NetWeaver up to KRNL64UC 7.22. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes unnecessary privileges. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-42958. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SAP NetWeaver up to KRNL64UC 7.22. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unnecessary privileges vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-250. The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Due to a missing authentication check in the SAP NetWeaver application on IBM i-series, the application allows high privileged unauthorized users to read, modify, or delete sensitive information, as well as access administrative or privileged functionalities. This results in a high impact on the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the application.

The advisory is shared at me.sap.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-42958 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/10/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-27195). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Unnecessary privileges
CWE: CWE-250
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
09/09/2025 +146 days Advisory disclosed
09/09/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/10/2025 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sap.com

Advisory: me.sap.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-42958 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-42958
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-323125
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150716

Entryinfo

Created: 09/09/2025 08:04
Updated: 09/10/2025 14:15
Changes: 09/09/2025 08:04 (62), 09/10/2025 14:15 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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