BI Platform stores SAP BW Authentication Password as clear text, SAP security note 2921615

SAP security note 2921615, “BI Platform stores SAP BW Authentication Password as clear text”, is a program error note released on 11.08.2020. Below are the symptom and SAP recommended solution.

Description

Symptom

SAP ENTITLEMENT SYSTEMS contains the password in clear text.

Solution

This issue is fixed in the patches listed in the “Support Packages & Patches” section below.

The “Support Packages & Patches” section will be populated with the relevant patch levels once they are released.

For Business Intelligence Platform maintenance schedule and strategy see the Knowledge Base Article 2144559 in the References section.

Please update SAP BW password after the patch update.

References

• BI 4.x Maintenance Strategy & Schedule (2144559)

CVSS

Score 5.5 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N