CVE-2023-49058 Directory Traversal vulnerability in SAP Master Data Governance

Low 3.5 Published Updated

An attacker can exploit insufficient path validation in SAP Master Data Governance to access files outside the intended directory, resulting in low confidentiality impact.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-49058?

CVE-2023-49058 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP Master Data Governance, published on 12 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SAP Master Data Governance File Upload application allows an attacker to exploit insufficient validation of path information provided by users, thus characters representing ‘traverse to parent directory’ are passed through to the file APIs. As a result, it has a low impact to the confidentiality.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-49058?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sap Master Data Governance.

How do I fix CVE-2023-49058?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-49058 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2023-49058 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-49058 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fwfm-f7pg-rq6r.

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