On 2025-03-19, CISA added CVE-2017-12637 (SAP NetWeaver) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog [2]. The vulnerability is listed in the catalog as "SAP NetWeaver Directory Traversal Vulnerability" [2]. CISA requires applying mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions; see the full text below for specific requirements [2].
Backfill: this event became public on Mar 19, 2025 and we added it on Nov 10, 2026. It is not a new event.
CISA Adds SAP NetWeaver Vulnerability CVE-2017-12637 to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
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- Disclosed
- Mar 19, 2025
- Published
- Nov 10, 2026
- Last updated
- Nov 8, 2026
- CVSS basis
- Our assessment
- 95.1%, higher than 100% of CVEs
- Exploitation and patch status
- ExploitedKEV
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What happened
Who is affected
Industries mainly affected: Government, Cross-industry
What to do nowOur advice
CISA requires applying mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions; see the full text for specific requirements [2].
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Technical details
CISA KEV Listing
On 2025-03-19, CISA added CVE-2017-12637 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities () catalog for SAP NetWeaver [2].
Original Technical Description
SAP NetWeaver Application Server (AS) Java contains a directory traversal vulnerability in scheduler/ui/js/ffffffffbca41eb4/UIUtilJavaScriptJS that allows a remote attacker to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the query string. [2]
Official Requirements
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. [2]
Individual Vulnerability Record
The U.S. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) provides an independent vulnerability record and description for CVE-2017-12637 [1].
References
Official / primary3
- [1]
“Directory traversal vulnerability in scheduler/ui/js/ffffffffbca41eb4/UIUtilJavaScriptJS in SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java 7.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the query string, as exploited in the wild in August 2017, aka SAP Security Note 2486657.”
- [2]
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