What is CVE-2023-27895?

CVE-2023-27895 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Authenticator, classified under Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-03-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-27895?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in SAP Authenticator

CVE-2023-27895

SAP Authenticator for Android - version 1.3.0, allows the screen to be captured, if an authorized attacker installs a malicious app on the mobile device. The attacker could extract the currently views of the OTP and the secret OTP alphanumeric token during the token setup. On successful exploitation, an attacker can read some sensitive information but cannot modify and delete the data.

Published 2023-03-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (32.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP Authenticator — versions 1.3.0
SAP Authenticator For Android — versions 1.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-267 — Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions

References

launchpad.support.sap.com/ (Permissions Required)
www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-27895?: CVE-2023-27895 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Authenticator, classified under Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-03-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-27895?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.