The search functionality in woocommerce doesn't search by sku by default.
This simple plugin adds this functionality search facility of your site, in both the public site and admin panel
Just install and activate – no config required.
Tested with Woocommerce 1.5.6, 2.0.7, 2.0.18, 2.2.4, 2.2.10, 3.4.4, 4.0.1 and 4.2.0
See the Accompanying blog post for more information.