# CVE-2022-35296: Information disclosure in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Version Management System)

> An attacker with high privileges can access sensitive information in SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform without explicit authorization, compromising confidentiality.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q89h-8c3m-4535

## What is CVE-2022-35296?

CVE-2022-35296 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Version Management System), published on 11 Oct 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Under certain conditions, the application SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Version Management System) exposes sensitive information to an actor over the network with high privileges that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information, leading to a high impact on Confidentiality.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-35296?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-35296?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-35296 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-35296 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35296 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Version Management System)

- [CVE-2023-40622](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40622/): Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2022-41203](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41203/): Deserialization in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Central Management Console and BI Launchpad) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2023-28765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28765/): Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management ) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-2445](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2445/): Server-side request forgery in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2023-28762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28762/): Information Disclosure in SAP BusinessObjects Intelligence Platform (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-35296 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-35296 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Version Management System), published on 11 Oct 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35296 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Version Management System). 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-2022-35296/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35296/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-35296
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35296
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-35296

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