CVE-2025-42894: SAP Business Connector · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Affects SAP Business ConnectorSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.8 Medium.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 22% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 11 Nov 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.
What to do
AI-suggested
To mitigate CVE-2025-42894, organizations should implement the following specific measures: 1) Apply vendor patches promptly once released by SAP to address the path traversal vulnerability. 2) Restrict administrative access to SAP Business Connector to trusted hosts and networks using network segmentation and firewall rules to limit adjacent network exposure. 3) Enforce strong authentication mechanisms and monitor administrative account usage for anomalous activity. 4) Conduct regular file integrity monitoring on systems running SAP Business Connector to detect unauthorized file changes. 5) Employ application-layer controls to validate and sanitize file path inputs within SAP Business Connector configurations or custom integrations. 6) Implement comprehensive logging and alerting to detect attempts to exploit path traversal or execute unauthorized commands. 7) Review and harden operating system permissions to limit the impact of potential file system manipulations. These targeted actions go beyond generic advice by focusing on reducing attack surface and early detection in the context of this specific vulnerability.
Description
Due to a Path Traversal vulnerability in SAP Business Connector, an attacker authenticated as an administrator with adjacent access could read, write, overwrite, and delete arbitrary files on the host system. Successful exploitation could enable the attacker to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the server, resulting in a complete compromise of the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.