# CVE-2020-6181: Other in SAP ABAP Platform (SAP Basis)

> An attacker can inject data into HTTP response headers via SAML SSO, enabling response splitting attacks against SAP NetWeaver users.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Feb 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h7pq-vvp4-rh72

## What is CVE-2020-6181?

CVE-2020-6181 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sap Netweaver, published on 12 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Under some circumstances the SAML SSO implementation in the SAP NetWeaver (SAP_BASIS versions 702, 730, 731, 740 and SAP ABAP Platform (SAP_BASIS versions 750, 751, 752, 753, 754), allows an attacker to include invalidated data in the HTTP response header sent to a Web user, leading to HTTP Response Splitting vulnerability.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6181?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Sap Abap Platform, Sap Netweaver.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-6181?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-6181 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-6181 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6181 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sap Netweaver

- [CVE-2021-44231](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44231/): Code injection in SAP ABAP Server & ABAP Platform (Translation Tools) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-22131](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22131/): Code Injection vulnerability in SAP ABA (Application Basis) (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-6318](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6318/): Code injection in SAP NetWeaver (ABAP Server) and ABAP Platform (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-6296](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6296/): Code injection in SAP NetWeaver (ABAP Server) and ABAP Platform (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2023-25615](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25615/): SQL Injection vulnerability in SAP ABAP Platform (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-6181 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-6181 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sap Netweaver, published on 12 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6181 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sap Netweaver. 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-2020-6181/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6181/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6181
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6181
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-6181

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6181/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.