# CVE-2023-0019: Missing authorization in SAP GRC (Process Control)

> An authenticated attacker with minimal privileges can access confidential database data, including user credentials, due to missing authorization checks in SAP GRC.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:** 14 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4887-8mjq-x63j

## What is CVE-2023-0019?

CVE-2023-0019 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP GRC (Process Control), published on 14 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In SAP GRC (Process Control) - versions GRCFND_A V1200, GRCFND_A V8100, GRCPINW V1100_700, GRCPINW V1100_731, GRCPINW V1200_750, remote-enabled function module in the proprietary SAP solution enables an authenticated attacker with minimal privileges to access all the confidential data stored in the database. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can expose user credentials from client-specific tables of the database, leading to high impact on confidentiality.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0019?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Grc Process Control.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-0019?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0019 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-0019 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0019 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-0019 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-0019 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP GRC (Process Control), published on 14 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0019 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP GRC (Process Control). 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-2023-0019/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0019/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0019
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0019
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0019

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0019/
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