Affects widely used SAP NetWeaver/ABAP; auth bypass allows OS command execution and full system compromise, enterprise-wide impact and newsworthy.
CVE-2026-76965
Auth bypass in SAP NetWeaver ABAP allows OS command execution
Is CVE-2026-76965 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-76965 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked.
How severe is CVE-2026-76965?
CVE-2026-76965 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.9. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-76965?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-76965. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-76965 affect?
CVE-2026-76965 affects SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP, SAP ABAP Platform, SAP NetWeaver. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-76965?
Apply SAP patch immediately; restrict SAP access and audit logs
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Low-privilege attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands, enabling privilege escalation, data theft, and service disruption.
Immediate action required
- affectedKRNL64NUC 7.22
- affected7.22EXT
- affectedKRNL64UC 7.22
- affected7.53
- affectedKERNEL 7.22
- affected7.54
- affected7.77
- affected7.93
- affected9.16
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.
timeline
- 10 Nov 2026Published
- 10 Nov 2026CVE record last updated · same day later
- 10 Nov 2026Analysed by vulneraibility.com · same day later
- Linkme.sap.com /notes/3792735
- Linkurl.sap /sapsecuritypatchday
sources
- CVE List (CVE.org): description, affected versions, references; CVE Terms of Use
- NVD: CVSS and CPE data
- FIRST EPSS: exploit probability and percentile
- Summary, impact and triage tags: written by our AI analysis pipeline from the sources above. Check them against the sources.