CVE-2022-22536 SAP Multiple Products HTTP Request Smuggling

Exploited in the wild Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can perform request smuggling to impersonate victims and poison caches, leading to system compromise.

Exploited in the wild
Since 18 Aug 2022
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-22536?

CVE-2022-22536 is a critical vulnerability in Sap Netweaver Application Server Abap, published on 9 Feb 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP, SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java, ABAP Platform, SAP Content Server 7.53 and SAP Web Dispatcher are vulnerable for request smuggling and request concatenation. An unauthenticated attacker can prepend a victim's request with arbitrary data. This way, the attacker can execute functions impersonating the victim or poison intermediary Web caches. A successful attack could result in complete compromise of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of the system.

Weakness: CWE-444

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22536?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Sap Content Server, Sap Netweaver Application Server Abap, Sap Web Dispatcher.

How do I fix CVE-2022-22536?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22536 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 8 Sep 2022.

Is CVE-2022-22536 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2022-22536 in the wild since at least 18 Aug 2022.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry, 1 Nuclei template and 4 proofs of concept on GitHub.

All Sap Netweaver Application Server Abap vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6hc3-539h-6xc6.

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