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CVE-2021-40495: There are multiple Denial-of Service vulnerabilities in SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP and ABAP Platform - versions 740, 750, 751

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 64.7% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

There are multiple Denial-of Service vulnerabilities in SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP and ABAP Platform - versions 740, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755. An unauthorized attacker can use the public SICF service /sap/public/bc/abap to reduce the performance of SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP and ABAP Platform.

MediumCVSS 5.3 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Oct 12, 2021
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
1.0% · 64th percentile
CWE
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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.0%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
sapnetweaver abap
sapnetweaver application server abap

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • sap netweaver abap740
  • sap netweaver abap750
  • sap netweaver abap751
  • sap netweaver abap752
  • sap netweaver abap753
  • sap netweaver abap754
  • sap netweaver abap755
  • sap netweaver application server abap740
  • sap netweaver application server abap750
  • sap netweaver application server abap751
  • sap netweaver application server abap752
  • sap netweaver application server abap753
  • sap netweaver application server abap754
  • sap netweaver application server abap755

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (sap). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • SAP SE SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP and ABAP Platform

    • < 740, < 750, < 751, < 752, < 753, < 754, < 755affected

Same product

sap: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2012-4341Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in msg_server.exe in SAP NetWeaver ABAP 7.x allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash
    43Plan
  • CVE-2021-27610SAP NetWeaver ABAP Server and ABAP Platform, versions - 700, 701, 702, 731, 740, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 804, does not create informat
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2021-38178The software logistics system of SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP and ABAP Platform versions - 700, 701, 702, 710, 730, 731, 740, 750, 751, 752, 753, 7
    35Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-33684Jul 14, 2021 · SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP and ABAP Platform, versions - KRNL32NUC 7.21, 7.21EXT, 7.22, 7.22EXT, KRNL32UC 7.21, 7.21EXT, 7.22, 7.22EXT, KRNL64NUC
    21Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-38181Oct 12, 2021 · SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP and ABAP Platform - versions 700, 701, 702, 730, 731, 740, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, allows an attacker to pr
    30Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2021-40496Oct 12, 2021 · SAP Internet Communication framework (ICM) - versions 700, 701, 702, 730, 731, 740, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 785, allows an attack
    17Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
low · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
Low

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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