CVE-2021-40501 is a high-severity authorization bypass vulnerability in SAP ABAP Platform Kernel versions 7.77, 7.81, 7.85, and 7.86. An authenticated business user can exploit this flaw to escalate privileges, gaining unauthorized read and modify access to data beyond the vulnerable system. With a CVSS score of 8.1, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low privileges and no user interaction, leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is currently no public exploit code available, and it is not known to be actively exploited, with minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.77CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sap:abap_platform_kernel:7.77:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.81CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sap:abap_platform_kernel:7.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.85CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sap:abap_platform_kernel:7.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.86CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sap:abap_platform_kernel:7.86:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.