What is CVE-2021-21468?

CVE-2021-21468 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Business Warehouse, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-21468?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in SAP Business Warehouse

CVE-2021-21468

The BW Database Interface does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated user, resulting in escalation of privileges that allows the user to practically read out any database table.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2021-01-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (78.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 78.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP Business Warehouse — versions 710, 711, 730
SAP Se Business Warehouse — versions < 710, < 711, < 730

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action (Vendor Advisory)
launchpad.support.sap.com/ (Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/42 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/167229/SAP-Application-Server-ABAP-ABAP-Platform-… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-21468?: CVE-2021-21468 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Business Warehouse, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-21468?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.