CVE-2020-6268
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 · uneditedStatutory Reporting for Insurance Companies in SAP ERP (EA-FINSERV versions - 600, 603, 604, 605, 606, 616, 617, 618, 800 and S4CORE versions 101, 102, 103, 104) does not execute the required authorization checks for an authenticated user, allowing an attacker to view and tamper with certain restricted data 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 ERP Statutory Reporting for Insurance Companies (EA-FINSERV and S4CORE versions) fails to enforce authorization checks for authenticated users, allowing them to view and modify restricted regulatory reporting data that should be protected by role-based access controls.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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= 600= 603= 604= 605= 606= 616= 617= 618= 800= 101= 102= 103= 104CVSS 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
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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 componentsUse transaction SE16N to query table CVERS or run report Rsa1rsa0 to list installed SAP components. Look for EA-FINSERV or S4CORE in the COMPONENT_NAME field.Affected if EA-FINSERV or S4CORE components appear in the installed components list
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Determine component versionQuery table CVERS for the installed version of EA-FINSERV or S4CORE using SE16N. The VERSION field shows the numeric version.Affected if Version equals 600, 603, 604, 605, 606, 616, 617, 618, or 800 for EA-FINSERV; or 101, 102, 103, or 104 for S4CORE
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Check for regulatory reporting usageUse transaction SE11 to query table T7FIS_RS_HEADERS or check transaction FRFP (Financial Reporting: Insurance) to see if statutory reporting for insurance is actively configured or used.Affected if Regulatory reporting data exists or reporting structures are configured in the system
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Review user role assignments for reporting modulesUse transaction SUIM to query role assignments, filtering for roles containing EA-FINSERV or S4CORE authorization objects (such as F_FINRS). Check which users have access.Affected if Multiple users have roles granting access to regulatory reporting functions without documented authorization justification
The environment is affected if SAP EA-FINSERV or S4CORE is installed at one of the listed versions and regulatory reporting for insurance companies is configured or in use, particularly if users have role-based access to these modules that may not be properly restricted.
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 SAP security notes/patches for CVE-2020-6268 and conduct thorough review of user roles and authorization objects within the EA-FINSERV and S4CORE modules to ensure proper segregation of duties.
- Consultation6.0 h
- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing10.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 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-2020-6268 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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