CVE-2016-2386 — SAP NetWeaver SQL Injection Vulnerability
Overview
SQL injection vulnerability in the UDDI server in SAP NetWeaver J2EE Engine 7.40 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerability details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-2386
- Vulnerability
- SAP NetWeaver SQL Injection Vulnerability
- Vendor
- SAP
- Affected products
- SAP: NetWeaver
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitation status
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)
- Published
- 2022-06-09
Remediation guidance
CVE-2016-2386 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.
Apply the vendor's official security update for SAP the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.
Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.
Authoritative references
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