What is CVE-2021-40497?

CVE-2021-40497 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Analysis, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-40497?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Analysis

CVE-2021-40497

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis (edition for OLAP) - versions 420, 430, allows an attacker to exploit certain application endpoints to read sensitive data. These endpoints are normally exposed over the network and successful exploitation could lead to exposure of some system specific data like its version.

Published 2021-10-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (56.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP Businessobjects Analysis — versions 420, 430
SAP Se Businessobjects Analysis, (Edition For Olap) — versions < 420, < 430

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-40497?: CVE-2021-40497 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Analysis, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-40497?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.