SAP Host Agent, version 7.21, allows an attacker with admin privileges to use the…
Priority LOW 38Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
SAP Host Agent, version 7.21, allows an attacker with admin privileges to use the operation framework to gain root privileges over the underlying operating system, leading to Privilege Escalation.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.03556 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed SAP Host Agent (SAP SE): 7.21
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA SAP Host Agent (SAP SE) Fixed in 7.21
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-6234
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c47h-mcrh-2p6p
References
Advisory 4
- https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=544214202
- https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2902645
- 20210405 Onapsis Security Advisory 2021-0002: [CVE-2020-6234] - SAP Multiple root LPE through SAP Host Control
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162084/SAP-Host-Control-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
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-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
- TI-2020-05043 Missing authentication in SAP Host Agent CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2020-6234 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-6234 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c47h-mcrh-2p6p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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