CVE-2023-27501: SAP NetWeaver Application Server Abap

Critical severity, CVSS 9.6. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP and ABAP Platform - versions 700, 701, 702, 731, 740, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 791, allows an attacker to exploit insufficient validation of path information provided by users, thus exploiting a directory traversal flaw in an available service to delete system files. In this attack, no data can be read but potentially critical OS files can be deleted making the system unavailable, causing significant impact on both availability and integrity

Affected products

• SAP NetWeaver Application Server Abap: version 700 only; version 701 only; version 702 only; version 731 only; version 740 only; version 750 only; …

Published 2023-03-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.