CVE-2025-42967 Code Injection vulnerability in SAP S/4HANA and SAP SCM (Characteristic Propagation)
An attacker with user privileges can inject code via Characteristic Propagation to gain full control of the SAP system.
- 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-2025-42967?
CVE-2025-42967 is a critical code injection vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP S/4HANA and SAP SCM (Characteristic Propagation), published on 8 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SAP S/4HANA and SAP SCM Characteristic Propagation has remote code execution vulnerability. This allows an attacker with user level privileges to create a new report with his own code potentially gaining full control of the affected SAP system causing high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the application.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-42967?
How do I fix CVE-2025-42967?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-42967 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2025-42967 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42967 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2xw5-jhrf-jwg8.