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CVE-2025-42946

6.9 · MEDIUM

Due to directory traversal vulnerability in SAP S/4HANA (Bank Communication Management), an attacker with high privileges and access to a specific transaction and method in Bank Communication Manag…

Published Aug 12, 2025CWE-22EPSS 0.95%

Overview

CVE-2025-42946 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on August 12, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.9 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.9, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

Due to directory traversal vulnerability in SAP S/4HANA (Bank Communication Management), an attacker with high privileges and access to a specific transaction and method in Bank Communication Management could gain unauthorized access to sensitive operating system files. This could allow the attacker to potentially read or delete these files hence causing a high impact on confidentiality and low impact on integrity. There is no impact on availability of the system.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refme.sap.com/notes/3614804Refurl.sap/sapsecuritypatchday

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-42946?

CVE-2025-42946 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on August 12, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.9 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2025-42946?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.9, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-42946?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2025-42946?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2025-42946 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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