# CVE-2021-42062: Missing authorization in SAP ERP HCM Portugal

> An attacker can read employee payroll data in SAP ERP HCM Portugal due to missing authorization checks on a specific report.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 10 Nov 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8qwq-m68r-6pcj

## What is CVE-2021-42062?

CVE-2021-42062 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP ERP HCM Portugal, published on 10 Nov 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SAP ERP HCM Portugal does not perform necessary authorization checks for a report that reads the payroll data of employees in a certain area. Since the affected report only reads the payroll information, the attacker can neither modify any information nor cause availability impacts.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-42062?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Erp Human Capital Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-42062?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-42062 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-42062 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-42062 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP ERP HCM Portugal

- [CVE-2022-22535](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22535/): Missing authorization in SAP ERP HCM (Portugal) (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-42062 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-42062 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP ERP HCM Portugal, published on 10 Nov 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-42062 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP ERP HCM Portugal. 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-2021-42062/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42062/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-42062
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42062
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-42062

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42062/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.