# CVE-2021-27616: Information disclosure in SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA (Cookbooks)

> An attacker can exploit an insecure temporary backup path in the SAP Business One HANA Chef Cookbook to access restricted information.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 May 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3hx3-v4g2-hgqp

## What is CVE-2021-27616?

CVE-2021-27616 is a high-severity vulnerability in SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA (Cookbooks), published on 11 May 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Under certain conditions, SAP Business One Hana Chef Cookbook, versions - 8.82, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.0, used to install SAP Business One for SAP HANA, allows an attacker to exploit an insecure temporary backup path and to access information which would otherwise be restricted, resulting in Information Disclosure vulnerability highly impacting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the application.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-27616?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Sap Business-One-Hana-Chef-Cookbook, Sap Business One.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-27616?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-27616 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-27616 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27616 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA (Cookbooks)

- [CVE-2021-27614](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27614/): Code injection in SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA (Cookbooks) (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-27616 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-27616 is a high-severity vulnerability in SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA (Cookbooks), published on 11 May 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27616 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA (Cookbooks). 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-2021-27616/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27616/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-27616
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27616
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-27616

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27616/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.