Critical vulnerability present in SAP Internet Communication Manager

Australian Cyber Security Centre

Background / What has happened?

The ACSC is aware of a vulnerability (CVE-2022-22536) affecting SAP products that use certain versions of SAP Internet Communication Manager (ICM). These products include:

• SAP Web Dispatcher

• SAP Content Server

• SAP NetWeaver and ABAP Platform

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated malicious actor to impersonate users of a vulnerable SAP system. Exploitation could result in disrupted operations, data theft, fraud, ransomware or denial-of-service against critical systems.

Mitigation / How do I stay secure?

Australian organisations should review their networks for use of vulnerable instances of SAP and apply the vendor’s patches as a high priority.

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