SAP Security Patch Day: Monthly Updates and Risk Analysis

Last updated: February 11, 2026.

SAP Security Patch Day is a fixed point in the monthly operating cycle for SAP customers. On the second Tuesday of each month, SAP publishes Security Notes addressing vulnerabilities across core, supporting, and legacy systems.

The schedule is predictable. The risk is not. Severity ratings alone do not define impact; real exposure is shaped by configuration, authorization design, component reachability, and response speed across SAP landscapes.

This article provides a continuously updated analysis of SAP Security Patch Day. It focuses on the updates most likely to materially affect enterprise risk each month, explaining why those issues matter operationally, rather than cataloging every Security Note, with analysis informed by trusted SAP security partners vetted by SAPinsiders.

SAP Security Patch Day — February 2026

SAP’s February 2026 Patch Day delivered 26 new Security Notes and one update. SAP classified two as critical, seven high-priority, 16 medium, and two low—an above normal workload with exposure concentrated in ABAP and core platform layers.

Critical Issues to Prioritize

1. SAP CRM and SAP S/4HANA — Code Injection (Scripting Editor) (CVSS 9.9) 
   A critical code injection weakness in the Scripting Editor can enable unauthorized execution of sensitive actions, including database-impacting activity in affected stacks. Prioritize wherever scripting is enabled in tightly connected landscapes.
2. SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP and ABAP Platform — Missing Authorization Check (CVSS 9.6) 
   A missing authorization check can allow background RFC activity under conditions that bypass expected controls. Remediation may extend beyond a simple transport, since SAP’s guidance includes kernel and parameter actions that can touch production behavior.

High-Priority Issues With Broad Reach

• SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP and ABAP Platform — XML Signature Wrapping (CVSS 8.8) 
  Identity and message integrity issues deserve fast triage in landscapes that rely on signed XML workflows.

Other high-severity notes touch infrastructure shared across many SAP landscapes. Denial-of-service vulnerabilities in SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform (CVE-2026-0490 and CVE-2026-0485, both CVSS 7.5,) can interrupt reporting that supports operational or regulatory activity. A missing authorization check in the SAP Solution Tools Plug-In (CVSS 7.7) extends risk because ST-PI is widely deployed.

What Security Practitioners Are Flagging

Several of February’s fixes trace back to work by independent researchers. Onapsis research contributed to vulnerabilities affecting the Scripting Editor and ABAP authorization behavior, showing how external research feeds directly into SAP’s remediation cycle.

Pathlock stresses that regular engagement with SAP Security Notes is central to a resilient cybersecurity posture. SecurityBridge reinforces that effective remediation depends on how patches map to real configurations, since applicability and exposure vary across landscapes.

SAP Security Patch Day — January 2026

SAP’s January 2026 Patch Day delivered 17 Security Notes, including four critical and four high-severity issues. The most consequential risks span SAP S/4HANA, monitoring, and landscape transformation systems. The remaining notes were rated medium or low.

Critical Issues to Prioritize

1. SAP S/4HANA Financials — SQL Injection (CVSS 9.9)
   A critical SQL injection flaw can allow database manipulation under permissive RFC authorizations, directly threatening financial data integrity and reporting accuracy.
2. SAP Wily Introscope Enterprise Manager — Remote Code Execution (CVSS 9.6)
   A remote code execution vulnerability allows arbitrary command execution on a trusted monitoring system that often runs with elevated privileges.
3. SAP S/4HANA — Code Injection (CVSS 9.1)
   This code injection issue enables unauthorized modification of program logic and potential OS-level command execution, accelerating attacker control after initial compromise.
4. SAP Landscape Transformation — Code Injection (CVSS 9.1)
   A code injection vulnerability allows execution logic to be altered without proper authorization checks, increasing risk in highly connected transformation environments.

What Security Practitioners Are Flagging

January’s Patch Day shows SAP security risk concentrating inside trusted systems rather than at the perimeter. Onapsis and Layer Seven Security highlight that the most severe issues rely on common enterprise conditions such as broad RFC authorizations, long-lived technical users, and embedded legacy components rather than novel exploits.

From an operational perspective, SecurityBridge notes that remediation frequently requires authorization and configuration changes alongside patching. Pathlock frames these vulnerabilities as realistic intrusion paths, where credential compromise can quickly escalate through RFC-enabled functions and trusted administrative tools.

What This Means for SAPinsiders

• Patch Day requires operational discipline. Effective Patch Day response depends on repeatable processes and clear execution. Defined ownership, severity-based triage, authorization review, and post-patch validation reduce risk without disrupting business-critical SAP operations.
• SAP security risk is structurally complex. Modern SAP environments combine core ERP, integrations, extensions, and long-lived components that expand exposure beyond individual vulnerabilities. Ongoing monitoring and informed external insight help teams understand where risk accumulates and which changes warrant attention.
• External insight reinforces internal judgment. Independent SAP security vendors provide research and early analysis that can surface exposure ahead of Patch Day. Monitoring credible vendor insight helps organizations prioritize response while retaining ownership of risk decisions.