Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2026-0501 is a critical SQL injection issue in SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud and On-Premise Financials General Ledger. An authenticated user could manipulate backend database queries to read, change, or delete financial application data. This can directly affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of core finance records.
Executive priority
Treat as urgent for affected SAP finance environments. The vulnerability can affect financial data accuracy, confidentiality, and system availability, and requires only authenticated low-privilege access. Prioritize confirmation of exposure and SAP-directed remediation.
Technical view
SAP reports insufficient input validation in S/4HANA Financials General Ledger. The CVSS 3.1 score is 9.9 with network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Affected versions are S4CORE 102 through 109.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations running SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud or On-Premise with Financials General Ledger on S4CORE 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, or 109.
Exploitation context
The source data does not indicate known active exploitation, and the CVE is not marked as KEV. Exploitation requires authentication but only low privileges, making insider misuse or compromised SAP user accounts a serious concern.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE record and SAP references. No public exploit details or active exploitation claims are provided in the supplied sources. Researchers should focus on version exposure, authentication boundaries, compensating controls, and whether SAP Note 3687749 has been applied.
Mitigation direction
- Review SAP Note 3687749 for official remediation guidance.
- Check SAP Security Patch Day materials for applicable fixes.
- Prioritize patching affected S4CORE 102 through 109 systems.
- Restrict SAP access to trusted users and networks where feasible.
- Monitor SAP and database activity for unusual financial data access.
Validation and detection
- Inventory SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud and On-Premise deployments.
- Confirm whether Financials General Ledger is in use.
- Identify installed S4CORE versions across affected environments.
- Verify whether SAP Note 3687749 remediation is applied.
- Review user access for low-privileged accounts with finance application access.
Public sources used
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- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.9 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H3.16Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
9.9CriticalVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://me.sap.com/notes/3687749CVE reference
- https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchdayCVE reference
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