November 3, 2021 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2016-3976 — SAP NetWeaver
SAP NetWeaver Directory Traversal Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2021-11-03- Federal due date
2022-05-03- Vendor
- SAP
- Product
- NetWeaver
- EPSS
- 98.7th percentile (score 0.466, as of
2026-07-13) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3976
CISA short description
SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java Platforms contains a directory traversal vulnerability via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the fileName parameter to CrashFileDownloadServlet. This allows remote attackers to read files.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.