Attack ChainAIDerived
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AccessObtain low-privilege SAP credentials
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DeliveryAuthenticate remotely to SAP system
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ExploitExecute vulnerable ABAP report with malicious parameters
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ExecutionOverwrite target eight-character executable report
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PersistVictim executes corrupted report
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ImpactBusiness process fails causing availability impact
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Authenticated user account required on SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA (Private Cloud or On-Premise). Attacker executes specific ABAP report to overwrite eight-character executable ABAP reports. No victim interaction needed. Default configurations vulnerable. |
| Impact | Real-world risk assessment requires balancing multiple signals. The CVSS 7.1 score reflects network-accessible attack vector (AV:N), low complexity (AC:L), and requires only low-privilege authentication (PR:L) with no user interaction (UI:N), making this technically easy to exploit once credentials are obtained. The impact profile shows high availability risk (A:H) with limited integrity impact (I:L) confined to the overwritten report. Without EPSS data, we cannot quantify statistical exploitation probability, and no public exploit code has been identified, reducing immediate weaponization risk. However, the authentication bypass nature (tagged as such) combined with network accessibility and low complexity elevates this above typical authenticated vulnerabilities. The confined scope (S:U) limits lateral impact to the vulnerable component. For organizations running SAP ERP or S/4HANA, this represents a moderate-to-high priority due to the potential for insider threats or compromised low-privilege accounts to disrupt critical business processes by corrupting essential ABAP reports. The limitation to eight-character report names provides some scope constraint but does not eliminate risk, as many legacy and system reports use this naming convention. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with compromised low-privilege SAP user credentials (such as a basic business user account) authenticates to the SAP system remotely over the network. They execute the vulnerable ABAP report and supply parameters to overwrite a critical eight-character executable report used for financial closing processes or inventory management. When legitimate users or scheduled jobs subsequently execute the corrupted report, the intended business functionality fails, causing operational disruptions and potentially delaying critical business processes. No public exploit code exists, but the low complexity and network accessibility make manual exploitation straightforward for attackers familiar with ABAP programming. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Apr 14, 2026
Authenticated remote attackers can overwrite eight-character executable ABAP reports in SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA systems due to missing authorization checks, enabling denial-of-service conditions when legitimate users execute corrupted reports. This authorization bypass (CWE-862) requires low-privilege authenticated access (CVSS PR:L) and has low attack complexity, combining limited integrity impact with high availability impact (CVSS 7.1). EPSS data not provided; no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Affects SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud and On-Premise deployments.
RemediationAI
Apply the security patch provided in SAP Security Note 3731908, accessible through the SAP Support Portal at https://me.sap/notes/3731908. The exact patched version numbers are not specified in available data; consult the security note directly for version-specific patch levels for your SAP ERP or S/4HANA deployment. As an interim workaround, implement compensating controls including enhanced monitoring of ABAP report modifications, restricting execution permissions for the vulnerable report to trusted users only, and implementing transaction-level authorization reviews to ensure low-privilege users cannot access report modification functions. Review SAP authorization objects related to ABAP development (such as S_DEVELOP) and restrict them to authorized developers only. Monitor the official SAP Security Patch Day communications at https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday for updates and additional remediation guidance.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability affects SAP's ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) runtime environment within SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA systems. The affected product per CPE identifier is SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA (Private Cloud and On-Premise) deployments. The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), where a specific ABAP report execution function fails to verify whether the authenticated user has proper authorization to modify executable reports. ABAP reports are executable programs within SAP systems that perform business logic, data processing, and system operations. The vulnerability specifically targets reports with eight-character names, a common naming convention in classic ABAP development. The missing authorization check allows privilege escalation where low-privileged users can perform administrative-level modifications to executable code objects without proper security clearance.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Primary rating from Vendor (sap) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: sap
DescriptionCVE.org
Due to a missing authorization check in SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA (Private Cloud and On-Premise), an authenticated attacker could execute a particular ABAP report to overwrite any existing eight?character executable ABAP report without authorization. If the overwritten report is subsequently executed, the intended functionality could become unavailable. Successful exploitation impacts availability, with a limited impact on integrity confined to the affected report, while confidentiality remains unaffected.
Executive ViewAI
CVE-2026-34256 is a high-severity authorization bypass in SAP ERP and S/4HANA that allows authenticated low-privilege users to corrupt executable ABAP reports, causing denial-of-service when legitimate users execute the modified code. This vulnerability impacts operational continuity across finance, supply chain, and manufacturing processes that depend on report execution, affecting any organization running SAP on-premises or private cloud deployments.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: (1) Restrict ABAP report modification permissions to high-privilege roles only, removing low-privilege user write access to report development objects (SE38, SE80); (2) Enable SAP change management and transport controls to log all ABAP modifications and require approval; (3) Implement read-only backups of critical ABAP reports with regular integrity checksums; (4) Monitor security audit logs (SM04) for unauthorized modification attempts; (5) Establish a report validation procedure before execution in production; (6) Segment network access to SAP systems to limit lateral movement from compromised low-privilege accounts.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
EUVD-2026-22166
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