# CVE-2025-42986: Missing Authorization check in SAP NetWeaver and ABAP Platform

> An authenticated low-privileged attacker can access restricted system information via an obsolete RFC function module in SAP NetWeaver.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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:** 8 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mjjf-m9pr-358v

## What is CVE-2025-42986?

CVE-2025-42986 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver and ABAP Platform, published on 8 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Due to a missing authorization check in an obsolete RFC enabled function module in SAP BASIS, an authenticated low-privileged attacker could call a Remote Function Call (RFC), potentially accessing restricted system information. This results in low impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity or availability of the application.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-42986?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Sap Basis.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-42986?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-42986 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-42986 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42986 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver and ABAP Platform

- [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-2025-42986 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-42986 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver and ABAP Platform, published on 8 Jul 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-2025-42986 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver and ABAP Platform. 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-2025-42986/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42986/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-42986
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-42986
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-42986

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42986/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.