Missing authorization in SAP Host Agent
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
SAP Host Agent, version 7.21, allows an unprivileged user to read the shared memory or write to the shared memory by sending request to the main SAPOSCOL process and receive responses that may contain data read with user root privileges e.g. size of any directory, system hardware and OS details, leading to Missing Authorization Check vulnerability.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-6183
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rpjf-7975-m344
References
More SAP Host Agent vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-21149 Missing Authorization check in SAP CommonCryptoLib CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-21148 Memory Corruption vulnerability in SAP CommonCryptoLib CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-12226 Memory Corruption vulnerability in SAP Host Agent (SAPOSCOL) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2020-05090 SAP Host Agent, version 7.21, allows an attacker with admin privileges to use the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2017-11211 SAP Hostcontrol does not require authentication for the SOAP SAPControl endpoint. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-10144 Exposure of resource to wrong sphere in SAP Host Agent Service CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-6183 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-6183 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rpjf-7975-m344 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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