# CVE-2023-29186: Directory/Path Traversal vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver.

> An attacker with administrative privileges can exploit a path traversal flaw to overwrite critical OS files, causing system unavailability.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 7 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6j2v-3cg6-9w64

## What is CVE-2023-29186?

CVE-2023-29186 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Sap Netweaver, published on 11 Apr 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In SAP NetWeaver (BI CONT ADDON) - versions 707, 737, 747, 757, an attacker can exploit a directory traversal flaw in a report to upload and overwrite files on the SAP server. Data cannot be read but if a remote attacker has sufficient (administrative) privileges then potentially critical OS files can be overwritten making the system unavailable.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-29186?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Netweaver.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-29186?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-29186 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-29186 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-29186 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sap Netweaver

- [CVE-2025-31324](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31324/): SAP NetWeaver Unrestricted File Upload (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-38163](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38163/): SAP NetWeaver Unrestricted File Upload (critical 9.9, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-42999](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42999/): SAP NetWeaver Deserialization (critical 9.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6822](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6822/): XML external entity in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-1517](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1517/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-29186 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-29186 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Sap Netweaver, published on 11 Apr 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-29186 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sap Netweaver. 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-2023-29186/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29186/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29186
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29186
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29186

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29186/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.