CVE-2022-31597
Published: 12 July 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-31597 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Sap S\/4Hana. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 34.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-53051
Vulnerability details
Within SAP S/4HANA - versions S4CORE 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, SAPSCORE 127, the application business partner extension for Spain/Slovakia does not perform necessary authorization checks for a low privileged authenticated user over the network, resulting in escalation of…
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privileges leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity of the data.
- 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.
Requiring an access control policy ensures authorization checks are defined and applied for critical functions.
Reviews of access controls detect missing authorization checks on critical functions or resources.
Documenting permitted unauthenticated actions prevents missing authorization by making all exceptions explicit and subject to organizational review.
Requiring attribute association with information prevents authorization from being performed without necessary security or privacy context.
Mandating authorization prior to allowing remote connections addresses missing authorization for remote access.
Mandating authorization before wireless connections are allowed prevents missing authorization for wireless access.
The control requires authorization before allowing mobile device connections, directly mitigating missing authorization for system access.
Requiring approvals for account creation and specifying authorizations ensures authorization is not missing for system access.