SAP Multiple Products HTTP Request Smuggling Vulnerability (CVE-2022-22536)
Severity: critical · Patch status: patched · Since 2022-08-18 · CVE-2022-22536
SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP, SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java, ABAP Platform, SAP Content Server and SAP Web Dispatcher allow HTTP request smuggling. An unauthenticated attacker can prepend a victim's request with arbitrary data, allowing for function execution impersonating the victim or poisoning intermediary Web caches. CISA added CVE-2022-22536 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Aug 18, 2022, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Sep 8, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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