Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-24320

Memory Safety in Sap Netweaver As Abap Kernel 7.22 … 9.18

Memory Safety
Published
10 February 2026
Modified
17 February 2026
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 3.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0024 15th percentile
Risk Priority 27 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-24320 is a low-severity HTTP Request/Response Splitting (CWE-113) vulnerability in Sap Netweaver As Abap Kernel. Its CVSS base score is 3.1 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Content Injection (T1659); ranked at the 15th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Due to improper memory management in SAP NetWeaver and ABAP Platform (Application Server ABAP), an authenticated attacker could exploit logical errors in memory management by supplying specially crafted input containing unique characters, which are improperly converted. This may result in…

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memory corruption and the potential leakage of memory content. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would have a low impact on the confidentiality of the application, with no effect on its integrity or availability.

CWE(s)
CWE-113CWE-787

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1659 Content Injection Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access and continuously communicate with victims by injecting malicious content into systems through online network traffic.
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T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
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T1211 Exploitation for Stealth Stealth
Adversaries may exploit vulnerabilities to evade detection by hiding activity, suppressing logging, or operating within trusted or unmonitored components.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

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CVE-2026-23686Same vendor: Sap
CVE-2020-0986Shared CWE-787
CVE-2023-44807Shared CWE-787
CVE-2023-33635Shared CWE-787
CVE-2021-30761Shared CWE-787
CVE-2023-23456Shared CWE-787

Affected Assets

sap
netweaver as abap kernel
7.22, 7.54, 7.77, 7.89, 7.93
sap
netweaver as abap krnl64nuc
7.22, 7.22ext
sap
netweaver as abap krnl64uc
7.22

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V3.4.2
  • V4.1.3
  • V1.3.6
  • V4.2.3

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation good match

Developer testing and evaluation (including fuzzing and bounds checks) finds out-of-bounds write flaws before deployment.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

Input validation stops unneutralized CR/LF characters from being accepted and later emitted in HTTP headers.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match

Output filtering can neutralize CRLF sequences before they reach HTTP response headers.

SA-15 Development Process, Standards, and Tools partial match

Requiring documented secure-development standards and tools can mandate bounds-checked coding practices that avoid the weakness.

SI-16 Memory Protection partial match

Memory-protection mechanisms limit the exploitability and blast radius of a successful out-of-bounds write.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input sanitization and header handling that prevent CRLF injection.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability scanning and recording can discover out-of-bounds write flaws so they can be remediated.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Patching or replacing vulnerable software directly eliminates known instances of this coding weakness.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development and acceptance can detect CRLF injection flaws before deployment.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and output encoding that directly prevents CRLF injection into HTTP headers.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements explicitly call for controls against injection flaws including HTTP header manipulation.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles reduce the likelihood of header-splitting vulnerabilities through proper component isolation.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards require neutralization of CRLF sequences before inclusion in HTTP headers.

A.8.32 Change management partial match
prevents

Change management can enforce review gates that catch unsafe memory operations before deployment.

References