6.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2025-42946
SAP S/4HANA (Bank Communication Management) Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Description

Due to directory traversal vulnerability in SAP S/4HANA (Bank Communication Management), an attacker with high privileges and access to a specific transaction and method in Bank Communication Management could gain unauthorized access to sensitive operating system files. This could allow the attacker to potentially read or delete these files hence causing a high impact on confidentiality and low impact on integrity. There is no impact on availability of the system.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 12, 2025, 3:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 12, 2025, 2:25 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

4.7

Exploitability Score :

1.7
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://me.sap.com/notes/3614804
https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-42946 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • CybersecurityNews
SAP Security Patch Day – 15 Vulnerabilities Patched including 3 Critical Injection Vulnerabilities

SAP released a comprehensive security update on August 12th, 2025, addressing 15 new vulnerabilities across its enterprise software portfolio, including three critical code injection flaws that pose s ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 12, 2025 (8 hours, 54 minutes ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-42946 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Aug. 12, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Due to directory traversal vulnerability in SAP S/4HANA (Bank Communication Management), an attacker with high privileges and access to a specific transaction and method in Bank Communication Management could gain unauthorized access to sensitive operating system files. This could allow the attacker to potentially read or delete these files hence causing a high impact on confidentiality and low impact on integrity. There is no impact on availability of the system.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-22
    Added Reference https://me.sap.com/notes/3614804
    Added Reference https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-42946 is associated with the following CWEs:

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability