What is CVE-2020-6186?

CVE-2020-6186 is a high-severity vulnerability in SAP Host Agent, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-6186?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in SAP Host Agent

CVE-2020-6186

SAP Host Agent, version 7.21, allows an attacker to cause a slowdown in processing of username/password-based authentication requests of the SAP Host Agent, leading to Denial of Service.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2020-02-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 67.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP Host Agent — versions 7.21
SAP Se Host Agent — versions = 7.21

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-2020-6186?: CVE-2020-6186 is a high-severity vulnerability in SAP Host Agent, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-6186?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.