VulnerabilityPublished 10 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-27687: SAP S/4HANA HCM Portugal and SAP ERP HCM Portugal · Missing Authorization

Affects SAP S/4HANA HCM Portugal and SAP ERP HCM PortugalSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.8 Medium.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

5.8Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 19% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

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

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: High
Privileges Required: High
User Interaction: None
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: High: A successful attack depends on conditions beyond the attacker's control. That is, a successful attack cannot be accomplished at will, but requires the attacker to invest in some measurable amount of effort in preparation or execution against the vulnerable component before a successful attack can be expected. For example, a successful attack may require an attacker to: gather knowledge about the environment in which the vulnerable target/component exists; prepare the target environment to improve exploit reliability; or inject themselves into the logical network path between the target and the resource requested by the victim in order to read and/or modify network communications (e.g., a man in the middle attack).
Privileges Required: High: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide significant (e.g., administrative) control over the vulnerable component that could affect component-wide settings and files.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Changed: An exploited vulnerability can affect resources beyond the security scope managed by the security authority of the vulnerable component. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are different and managed by different security authorities.
Confidentiality: High: There is total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 10 Mar 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: 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 30 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

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What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
SAP_SESAP S/4HANA HCM Portugal and SAP ERP HCM Portugal	Affected 101 – 608 4 affected builds	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Monitor SAP security advisories closely and apply official patches or updates from SAP as soon as they become available to address CVE-2026-27687.
Implement strict role-based access control (RBAC) and least privilege principles to limit high-privilege user accounts and regularly review their permissions.
Conduct thorough audits of privileged user activities within SAP HCM Portugal modules to detect unauthorized access attempts or anomalous behavior.
Segment SAP environments to isolate company data where possible, reducing the risk of cross-company data exposure.
Employ SAP-specific security tools and logging to enhance visibility into authorization checks and data access patterns.
Train administrators and privileged users on the risks associated with excessive privileges and the importance of adhering to security policies.
Consider additional compensating controls such as data masking or encryption for sensitive HR data to minimize exposure in case of unauthorized access.
Engage with SAP support or security consultants to validate the security posture of SAP HCM Portugal implementations and ensure compliance with best practices.

Description

Due to missing authorization check in SAP S/4HANA HCM Portugal and SAP ERP HCM Portugal, a user with high privileges could access sensitive data belonging to another company. This vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality and does not affect integrity and availability.

Impact

The primary impact of CVE-2026-27687 is the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive HR data across company boundaries within SAP S/4HANA and ERP HCM Portugal deployments. This can lead to significant confidentiality breaches, exposing employee personal data, payroll information, and other sensitive corporate data. Such exposure can result in regulatory non-compliance, legal liabilities, reputational damage, and loss of trust among employees and business partners. Since the vulnerability requires high privileges, it is mainly a risk if privileged users are compromised or act maliciously. The lack of impact on integrity and availability reduces the risk of data tampering or service disruption but does not diminish the severity of data leakage. Organizations with multi-tenant SAP environments or subsidiaries using these SAP HCM Portugal modules are particularly vulnerable. The medium CVSS score reflects the balance between the high confidentiality impact and the requirement for high privileges and network access.

CWE-862Missing Authorization (opens in a new tab)
Class weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #4OWASP Top 10 A01:2025: Broken Access Control (opens in a new tab)
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
Architecture and Design
Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries.
Architecture and Design
Ensure that access control checks are performed related to the business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that are applied to more generic resources such as files, connections, processes, memory, and database records.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Authorization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V8.3.8 (opens in a new tab)
V13.4.2 (opens in a new tab)
V7.2.2 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 10 Mar 2026, 01:04 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-862

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