No exploitation reported

CVE-2020-26838

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2020-12-09
WeaknessCWE-78

Am I affected?

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Description

SAP Business Warehouse, versions - 700, 701, 702, 731, 740, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 782, and SAP BW4HANA, versions - 100, 200 allows an attacker authenticated with (high) developer privileges to submit a crafted request to generate and execute code without requiring any user interaction. It is possible to craft a request which will result in the execution of Operating System commands leading to Code Injection vulnerability which could completely compromise the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the server and any data or other applications running on it.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2020-12-0917:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2020-26838?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2020-26838?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Sap business warehouse

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
700.x	= 700	no fix published	NVD
701.x	= 701	no fix published	NVD
702.x	= 702	no fix published	NVD
731.x	= 731	no fix published	NVD
740.x	= 740	no fix published	NVD
750.x	= 750	no fix published	NVD
751.x	= 751	no fix published	NVD
752.x	= 752	no fix published	NVD
753.x	= 753	no fix published	NVD
754.x	= 754	no fix published	NVD
755.x	= 755	no fix published	NVD
782.x	= 782	no fix published	NVD

Sap bw\/4hana

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
100.x	= 100	no fix published	NVD
200.x	= 200	no fix published	NVD

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Advisories and patches

wiki.scn.sap.comVendor Advisory

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

NVDCVSS 3.19.1read 2026-10-23
CNACVSS 3.09.1read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.09read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-78read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score2.2 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2020-12-09
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-26838?

Is CVE-2020-26838 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2020-26838 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 2.2% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-26838?

CVE-2020-26838 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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