CVE-2022-22536 — SAP Multiple Products HTTP Request Smuggling Vulnerability
Overview
SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP, SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java, ABAP Platform, SAP Content Server and SAP Web Dispatcher allow HTTP request smuggling. An unauthenticated attacker can prepend a victim's request with arbitrary data, allowing for function execution impersonating the victim or poisoning intermediary Web caches.
Vulnerability details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2022-22536
- Vulnerability
- SAP Multiple Products HTTP Request Smuggling Vulnerability
- Vendor
- SAP
- Affected products
- SAP: Multiple Products
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitation status
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)
- Published
- 2022-08-18
Remediation guidance
CVE-2022-22536 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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