What is CVE-2023-37484?

CVE-2023-37484 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Powerdesigner, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-08-08.

How severe is CVE-2023-37484?

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

Vulnerability in SAP Powerdesigner

CVE-2023-37484

SAP PowerDesigner - version 16.7, queries all password hashes in the backend database and compares it with the user provided one during login attempt, which might allow an attacker to access password hashes from the client's memory.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

Published 2023-08-08 · 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: 0.020 (80.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-21.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP Powerdesigner — versions 16.7
SAP Se Powerdesigner — versions 16.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-327 — Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

References

me.sap.com/notes/3341460 (Permissions Required)
www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-37484?: CVE-2023-37484 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Powerdesigner, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-08-08.
How severe is CVE-2023-37484?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.