CVE-2021-38163
Actively exploited. CVE-2021-38163 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-06-09) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2021-38163 is indexed in GitHub PoC. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
SAP NetWeaver contains a vulnerability that allows unrestricted file upload.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A vulnerability allows unrestricted file upload.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of SAP NetWeaver.
- Urgency
- Urgent remediation is necessary as this vulnerability is actively exploited and critical in severity.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of SAP NetWeaver.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 98% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2021-38163 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2021-38163: SAP NetWeaver Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-06-09
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