SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP and ABAP Platform command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP and ABAP Platform. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part. Executing a manipulation can lead to command injection. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-40135. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP and ABAP Platform. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An OS Command Injection vulnerability exists in the SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP and ABAP Platform that allows an authenticated attacker with administrative access to execute specially crafted shell commands on the server, bypassing the logging mechanism. This allows the execution of unintended OS commands without detection, potentially impacting the integrity and availability of the application, with no impact on confidentiality.

The advisory is available at me.sap.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-40135 since 04/09/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/16/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 314953 (SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP OS Command Injection (3730019)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (314953). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Application Server Software

Vendor

• SAP

Name

• NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP and ABAP Platform

Version

• SAP_BASIS 700
• SAP_BASIS 701
• SAP_BASIS 702
• SAP_BASIS 731
• SAP_BASIS 740
• SAP_BASIS 750
• SAP_BASIS 751
• SAP_BASIS 752
• SAP_BASIS 753
• SAP_BASIS 754
• SAP_BASIS 755
• SAP_BASIS 756
• SAP_BASIS 757
• SAP_BASIS 758
• SAP_BASIS 816

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.sap.com/

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