U.S. sounds alarm after SAP bug found affecting multinationals

The bug was patched by SAP over five years ago, but many systems remain vulnerable.

The U.S. government is warning major corporations to check the configuration of their SAP software systems after a computer security company discovered at least 36 global enterprises were still vulnerable to a significant bug patched more than five years ago.

The bug allows hackers to remotely gain full administrative access to SAP systems and affects at least 18 of the company’s software systems, according to security vendor Onapsis.