SAP ERP Central Component and S4HANA up to SAP_APPL 618 authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in SAP ERP Central Component and S4HANA up to SAP_APPL 618. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-0503. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SAP ERP Central Component and S4HANA up to SAP_APPL 618. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Due to missing authorization check in the SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC) and SAP S/4HANA (SAP EHS Management), an attacker could extract hardcoded clear-text credentials and bypass the password authentication check by manipulating user parameters. Upon successful exploitation, the attacker can access, modify or delete certain change pointer information within EHS objects in the application which might further affect the subsequent systems. This vulnerability leads to a low impact on confidentiality and integrity of the application with no affect on the availability.

It is possible to read the advisory at me.sap.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-0503 since 12/09/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/13/2026).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-0077). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • SAP Software

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 6.4
CNA Vector (sap): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-862 / CWE-863 / CWE-285
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

12/09/2025 CVE reserved
01/13/2026 +35 days Advisory disclosed
01/13/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/13/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sap.com

Advisory: me.sap.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-0503 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-0503
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-340523
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2026-0077 - SAP Patchday Januar 2026: Mehrere Schwachstellen

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150716

Entryinfo

Created: 01/13/2026 08:33
Updated: 01/13/2026 21:19
Changes: 01/13/2026 08:33 (62), 01/13/2026 21:19 (7)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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