CVE-2021-40501: SAP Abap Platform Kernel

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

SAP ABAP Platform Kernel - versions 7.77, 7.81, 7.85, 7.86, does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated business user, resulting in escalation of privileges. That means this business user is able to read and modify data beyond the vulnerable system. However, the attacker can neither significantly reduce the performance of the system nor stop the system.

Affected products

• SAP Abap Platform Kernel: version 7.77 only; version 7.81 only; version 7.85 only; version 7.86 only

Published 2021-11-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.