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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Unauthenticated remote DIAG parsing bug (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); out-of-bounds write supports A:H and C:H, with I:H retained on worst-case memory-corruption potential though the description mainly demonstrates disclosure and crash.
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CVSS VectorVendor: sap
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SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP allows an unauthenticated attacker to exploit logical errors in DIAG protocol parsing, resulting in memory corruption. This vulnerability could potentially disclose sensitive system information or crash the system, leading to a high impact on the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the application.
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AnalysisAI
Memory corruption in SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP lets an unauthenticated, remote attacker abuse logical flaws in the proprietary DIAG protocol parser to overwrite out-of-bounds memory, potentially leaking sensitive system data or crashing the ABAP work processes. The flaw carries a CVSS 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) and is classified CWE-787 (out-of-bounds write); it was disclosed and patched by SAP via a monthly Security Patch Day note. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Technical ContextAI
The affected component is the DIAG (Dynamic Information and Action Gateway) protocol, the proprietary presentation-layer protocol SAP uses between the SAP GUI thick client and the ABAP application server's dispatcher/work processes, typically served on TCP ports 32NN (e.g. 3200). The vulnerability is CWE-787 (out-of-bounds write): logical errors while parsing attacker-supplied DIAG protocol structures cause the server to write outside intended buffer boundaries, corrupting adjacent memory. Because DIAG framing and field-length handling are performed by the server before any user is authenticated, malformed length or type fields in the parse path can drive the corruption. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:sap_se:sap_netweaver_and_abap_platform indicates the SAP NetWeaver and ABAP Platform application-server stack is the affected product family.
RemediationAI
Apply the fix delivered in SAP security note 3714806 (https://me.sap.com/notes/3714806) as part of the corresponding SAP Security Patch Day (https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday) - this is a kernel/SAP_BASIS level correction, so plan for the associated kernel or support-package update and a restart of the affected application servers; exact patched levels are enumerated in the note. Patch available per vendor advisory (no discrete fix version is provided in the input, so cite the note rather than inventing a version). Where immediate patching is not possible, reduce exposure to the DIAG dispatcher: restrict network reachability of the SAP GUI/DIAG ports (typically TCP 32NN, e.g. 3200) so they are reachable only from trusted admin/GUI subnets via firewall or host ACLs, and front-end DIAG access with SAProuter and SNC so unauthenticated raw connections from untrusted networks are blocked - the trade-off is that any legitimate SAP GUI users on excluded networks lose direct connectivity and must route through the approved gateway. Do not expose DIAG ports to the internet under any circumstance.
Same weakness CWE-787 – Out-of-bounds Write
View allSame technique Buffer Overflow
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External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2026-55859
GHSA-f774-9w9m-r939