What is CVE-2021-21472?

CVE-2021-21472 is a high-severity vulnerability in SAP Software Provisioning Manager, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-02-09.

How severe is CVE-2021-21472?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in SAP Software Provisioning Manager

CVE-2021-21472

SAP Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 (SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management Server 7.1) does not have an option to set password during its installation, this allows an authenticated attacker to perform various security attacks like Directory Traversal, Password Brute force Attack, SMB Relay attack, Security Downgrade.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2021-02-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (65.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 65.9% 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 Software Provisioning Manager — versions 1.0
SAP Se Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 (SAP Netweaver Master Data Management Server 7.1) — versions < 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-21472?: CVE-2021-21472 is a high-severity vulnerability in SAP Software Provisioning Manager, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-02-09.
How severe is CVE-2021-21472?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.