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CVE-2025-42946

MEDIUMCVSS 6.9/10EPSS 0.86%

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CVE-2025-42946 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.9/10 on the CVSS scale. Due to directory traversal vulnerability in SAP S/4HANA (Bank Communication Management), an attacker with high privileges and access to a specific transaction and method in Bank Communication Management could gain unauthorized access to sensitive operating system files. This could allow the attacker to potentially read or delete these files hence causing a high impact on confidentiality and low impact on integrity. EPSS estimates a 0.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

Due to directory traversal vulnerability in SAP S/4HANA (Bank Communication Management), an attacker with high privileges and access to a specific transaction and method in Bank Communication Management could gain unauthorized access to sensitive operating system files. This could allow the attacker to potentially read or delete these files hence causing a high impact on confidentiality and low impact on integrity. There is no impact on availability of the system.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
6.9/10

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

EPSS Probability
0.86%

53.8th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

References

Timeline

Published
Last Modified
Status
Deferred

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-42946?
Due to directory traversal vulnerability in SAP S/4HANA (Bank Communication Management), an attacker with high privileges and access to a specific transaction and method in Bank Communication Management could gain unauthorized access to sensitive operating system files. This could allow the attacker to potentially read or delete these files hence causing a high impact on confidentiality and low impact on integrity. There is no impact on availability of the system.
How severe is CVE-2025-42946?
CVE-2025-42946 has a CVSS score of 6.9/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.86% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2025-42946?
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Source: NVD / NIST