CVE-2021-38162

critical

Description

SAP Web Dispatcher versions - 7.49, 7.53, 7.77, 7.81, KRNL64NUC - 7.22, 7.22EXT, 7.49, KRNL64UC -7.22, 7.22EXT, 7.49, 7.53, KERNEL - 7.22, 7.49, 7.53, 7.77, 7.81, 7.83 processes allow an unauthenticated attacker to submit a malicious crafted request over a network to a front-end server which may, over several attempts, result in a back-end server confusing the boundaries of malicious and legitimate messages. This can result in the back-end server executing a malicious payload which can be used to read or modify any information on the server or consume server resources making it temporarily unavailable.

References

https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=585106405

https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3080567

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/3

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166964/SAP-Web-Dispatcher-HTTP-Request-Smuggling.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-09-14

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00551