What is CVE-2020-26823?

CVE-2020-26823 is a critical-severity vulnerability in SAP Solution Manager, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2020-11-10.

How severe is CVE-2020-26823?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.

Auth bypass in SAP Solution Manager

CVE-2020-26823

SAP Solution Manager (JAVA stack), version - 7.20, allows an unauthenticated attacker to compromise the system because of missing authorization checks in the Upgrade Diagnostics Agent Connection Service, this has an impact to the integrity and availability of the service.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2020-11-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP Solution Manager — versions 7.20
SAP Se Solution Manager (Java Stack) — versions < 7.20

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action (Vendor Advisory)
launchpad.support.sap.com/ (Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-26823?: CVE-2020-26823 is a critical-severity vulnerability in SAP Solution Manager, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2020-11-10.
How severe is CVE-2020-26823?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.