CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-26816

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Dec 09, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
4.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.7 LOW
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

SAP AS JAVA (Key Storage Service), versions - 7.10, 7.11, 7.20 ,7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, has the key material which is stored in the SAP NetWeaver AS Java Key Storage service stored in the database in the DER encoded format and is not encrypted. This enables an attacker who has administrator access to the SAP NetWeaver AS Java to decode the keys because of missing encryption and get some application data and client credentials of adjacent systems. This highly impacts Confidentiality as information disclosed could contain client credentials of adjacent systems.

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Netweaver_application_server_java Sap 7.10 (including) 7.10 (including)
Netweaver_application_server_java Sap 7.11 (including) 7.11 (including)
Netweaver_application_server_java Sap 7.20 (including) 7.20 (including)
Netweaver_application_server_java Sap 7.30 (including) 7.30 (including)
Netweaver_application_server_java Sap 7.31 (including) 7.31 (including)
Netweaver_application_server_java Sap 7.40 (including) 7.40 (including)
Netweaver_application_server_java Sap 7.50 (including) 7.50 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References