8.7

CVE-2023-29186: Directory/Path Traversal vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver.

Modified
Published 11-04-2023Last modified 07-02-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-29186 is a high (CVSS 8.7) Path Traversal vulnerability in sap netweaver. EPSS estimates a 23.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
39/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.7/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
23.04%
0%100%
High · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 11-04-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In SAP NetWeaver (BI CONT ADDON) - versions 707, 737, 747, 757, an attacker can exploit a directory traversal flaw in a report to upload and overwrite files on the SAP server. Data cannot be read but if a remote attacker has sufficient (administrative) privileges then potentially critical OS files can be overwritten making the system unavailable.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

23.04%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

98%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 23.04% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Sap2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

2 links