CVE-2021-27617
Published: 11 May 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-27617 is a medium-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Sap Netweaver Process Integration. Its CVSS base score is 4.9 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 43.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-14364
Vulnerability details
The Integration Builder Framework of SAP Process Integration versions - 7.10, 7.11, 7.20, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, does not sufficiently validate an XML document uploaded from local source. An attacker can craft a malicious XML which when uploaded and parsed…
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by the application, could lead to Denial-of-service conditions due to consumption of a large amount of system memory, thus highly impacting system availability.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.
Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.
Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.
Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.