# CVE-2018-2361: Missing authorization in SAP Solution Manager

> Excessive privileges in the SAP_BPO_CONFIG role allow users to perform unauthorized actions beyond their intended configuration scope.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jan 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9pg8-fgjh-8wqr

## What is CVE-2018-2361?

CVE-2018-2361 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP Solution Manager, published on 9 Jan 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In SAP Solution Manager 7.20, the role SAP_BPO_CONFIG gives the Business Process Operations (BPO) configuration user more authorization than required for configuring the BPO tools.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2361?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Solution Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-2361?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2361 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-2361 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2361 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP Solution Manager

- [CVE-2020-6207](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6207/): SAP Solution Manager Missing Authentication for Critical Function (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-26821](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26821/): Missing authorization in SAP Solution Manager (JAVA stack) (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2020-26822](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26822/): Missing authorization in SAP Solution Manager (JAVA stack) (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2020-26823](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26823/): Missing authorization in SAP Solution Manager (JAVA stack) (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2020-26824](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26824/): Missing authorization in SAP Solution Manager (JAVA stack) (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-2361 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-2361 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP Solution Manager, published on 9 Jan 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2361 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP Solution Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2361/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2361/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-2361
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2361
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-2361

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2361/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.