CVE-2021-38163: SAP NetWeaver Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name
SAP NetWeaver Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability
Vendor
SAP
Product
NetWeaver
Added to the catalog
2022-06-09
Due date for US federal agencies
2022-06-30
Weaknesses
CWE-23
Catalog version
2026.10.30

SAP NetWeaver contains a vulnerability that allows unrestricted file upload.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

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NVD analysis

Status
Analyzed
Published
2021-09-14T12:15:10.890
Last modified
2026-06-17T04:01:38.330
Weaknesses
CWE-22

SAP NetWeaver (Visual Composer 7.0 RT) versions - 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, without restriction, an attacker authenticated as a non-administrative user can upload a malicious file over a network and trigger its processing, which is capable of running operating system commands with the privilege of the Java Server process. These commands can be used to read or modify any information on the server or shut the server down making it unavailable.

MetricScoreSeverityVectorScored by
CVSS 3.19.9CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H[email protected] (Secondary)
CVSS 3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H[email protected] (Primary)
CVSS 2.09HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C[email protected] (Primary)

References

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CVE record

Assigner
sap
State
PUBLISHED
Published
2021-09-14T11:21:36.000Z
Updated
2025-10-21T23:25:33.764Z
Problem types
Unrestricted File Upload

SAP NetWeaver (Visual Composer 7.0 RT) versions - 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, without restriction, an attacker authenticated as a non-administrative user can upload a malicious file over a network and trigger its processing, which is capable of running operating system commands with the privilege of the Java Server process. These commands can be used to read or modify any information on the server or shut the server down making it unavailable.

References

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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.

Read on 2026-11-02T23:53:56.145Z under licence d3fend-terms-of-use@f98cbc7e from https://d3fend.mitre.org/api/weakness/cwe/CWE-22.json

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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2021-38163: SAP NetWeaver Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-df79045411a9, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2021-38163 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-17T04:01:38.330.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2025-10-21T23:25:33.764Z.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.

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