# CVE-2025-42936: Missing Authorization check in SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP

> Authenticated users can access restricted barcode interface objects due to missing authorization checks, leading to privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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:** 12 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x5gw-xjgf-g6gh

## What is CVE-2025-42936?

CVE-2025-42936 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP, published on 12 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP does not enable an administrator to assign distinguished authorizations for different user roles, this issue allows authenticated users to access restricted objects in the barcode interface, leading to privilege escalation. This results in a low impact on the confidentiality and integrity of the application, there is no impact on availability.

Weakness: CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-42936?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Sap Basis.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-42936?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-42936 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-42936 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42936 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP

- [CVE-2025-0066](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0066/): Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP and ABAP Platform (Internet Communication Framework) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-23687](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23687/): XML Signature Wrapping in SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP and ABAP Platform (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-0063](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0063/): SQL Injection vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP and ABAP Platform (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-0484](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0484/): Missing Authorization check in SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP and SAP S/4HANA (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-0058](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0058/): Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP Business Workflow and SAP Flexible Workflow (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-42936 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-42936 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP, published on 12 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42936 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP. 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-2025-42936/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42936/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-42936
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-42936
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-42936

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42936/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.