CVE-2020-6209
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedSAP Disclosure Management, version 10.1, does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated user, allowing access to administration accounts by a user with no roles, leading to Missing Authorization Check.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceSAP Disclosure Management 10.1 contains a missing authorization check vulnerability where an authenticated user with no assigned roles can access administrative functionality that should be restricted to authorized administrators. This allows privilege escalation through the lack of role-based access control enforcement.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 10.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed SAP Disclosure Management versionCheck the installed version of SAP Disclosure Management in your environment. This can typically be found in the SAP system information, about section, or by querying the SAP system via transaction code SM37 or using SAPlmadmin tool.Affected if The installed version is exactly 10.1 (as only version 10.1 is listed as affected)
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Review user role assignments in the systemQuery the user management system to list all users and their assigned roles. In SAP systems, this can be done via transaction SUIM (User Information System) or by checking the USR02 table. Look for users who have NO roles assigned.Affected if There exist authenticated users with zero roles assigned in the system
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Verify role-based access control enforcementCheck if the system properly enforces role-based access controls by attempting to access administrative functions with a user that has no roles assigned. Alternatively, review audit logs or security configurations to confirm whether users without roles can invoke administrative endpoints or functions.Affected if Users with no assigned roles can access administrative functionality that should require authorized administrator roles
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Inspect user-to-role mapping configurationReview the user role assignment configuration in the system. Check the relationship between user accounts and their role assignments to confirm whether all authenticated users should have at least one role assigned for proper access control.Affected if The user-to-role mapping allows authenticated users to exist without any role assignment, enabling them to bypass intended access restrictions
You are affected if you are running SAP Disclosure Management version 10.1 and have any authenticated users with no assigned roles who can access administrative functionality that should be restricted to authorized administrators.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the relevant SAP security patch for CVE-2020-6209 and review user role assignments to ensure proper role-based access controls are configured and enforced for all users.
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- Review / QA3.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2020-6209 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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