SAP security Note definition

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Security Note Information

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# Some Security Note level 2/3 may be upgrade to HotNews level

# Automatic check in EWA [Report yellow and red traffic light]

Security Note Level

Level

1  HotNews

2  Correction with high priority

3  Correction with medium priority

4  Correction with low priority

6  Recommendations/additional info

SAP HotNews are priority 1 (very high priority) SAP Notes for customers.

They tell you how to resolve problems that can cause the SAP system to shut down or lose data.

If such problems affect you, you must ensure that you comply with these SAP Notes

Security Note with The EWA report shows the following three sections:

"Missing recommendations"

This section shows the required security-relevant SAP Notes and HotNews.

HotNews are flagged with a red traffic light and notes are flagged with a yellow traffic light.

"Manually confirmed recommendations"

Report messages can also be confirmed manually.  This should only happen in exceptional cases that require it.

For example: You cannot implement a specific note using transaction SNOTE because you manually changed the affected program beforehand.  In this case, implement the corrections manually and confirm the message.

"Successfully implemented recommendations"

This section shows the security-relevant notes and HotNews that are required for the system and that are implemented successfully.

A note or a HotNews is no longer required if your system release or Support Package level already contains the correction. After the system is upgraded or Support Packages are imported, a note that was implemented earlier may no longer be listed.