# CVE-2023-39439: SAP Commerce accepts empty passphrases.

> Attackers can log into SAP Commerce Cloud without a passphrase due to acceptance of empty passphrases, leading to unauthorized access.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Aug 2023
- **Updated:** 27 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c745-qw8j-jhvx

## What is CVE-2023-39439?

CVE-2023-39439 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP Commerce, published on 8 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

SAP Commerce Cloud may accept an empty passphrase for user ID and passphrase authentication, allowing users to log into the system without a passphrase.

Weakness: CWE-258 (Empty Password in Configuration File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-39439?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Sap Commerce Cloud, Sap Commerce Hycom.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-39439?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-39439 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-39439 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-39439 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP_SE SAP Commerce

- [CVE-2019-0344](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0344/): SAP Commerce Cloud Deserialization of Untrusted Data (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-6238](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6238/): XML external entity in SAP Commerce (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2019-0343](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0343/): Code injection in SAP Commerce Cloud (Mediaconversion Extension) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-42481](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42481/): Improper Access Control vulnerability in SAP Commerce Cloud (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2019-0322](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0322/): Denial of service in SAP Commerce Cloud (ex SAP Hybris Commerce) (HY COM) (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-39439 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-39439 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP Commerce, published on 8 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-39439 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP Commerce. 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-2023-39439/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39439/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-39439
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39439
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-39439

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39439/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.