CVE-2024-27901 Directory Traversal vulnerability in SAP Asset Accounting

High 7.2 Published Updated

High-privileged attackers can exploit path validation flaws in SAP Asset Accounting to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-27901?

CVE-2024-27901 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP Asset Accounting, published on 9 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SAP Asset Accounting could allow a high privileged attacker to exploit insufficient validation of path information provided by the users and pass it through to the file API's. Thus, causing a considerable impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability of the application.

Weakness: CWE-35

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27901?

How do I fix CVE-2024-27901?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27901 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-2024-27901 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27901 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jpmf-chch-c98m.

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