CVE-2023-24523: SAP Host Agent

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An attacker authenticated as a non-admin user with local access to a server port assigned to the SAP Host Agent (Start Service) - versions 7.21, 7.22, can submit a crafted ConfigureOutsideDiscovery request with an operating system command which will be executed with administrator privileges.  The OS command can read or modify any user or system data and can make the system unavailable.

Affected products

• SAP Host Agent: version 7.21 only; version 7.22 only

Published 2023-02-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.